Surat, 10 Dec (HS): On Sunday, a leopard was knocked over by a cargo train on the outskirts of Surat, Gujarat, according to officials. The forest department was notified about the event around 6 a.m., and the corpse was retrieved and sent for a post-mortem, according to in-charge divisional forest officer (DFO) Anand Kumar.
Leopard sightings are common in the Surat city neighborhood of Amroli, where the event occurred, large cats make their way into the region from the forests of south Gujarat, he added. “We have decided to set up trap cameras to find out about their presence in the area,” the law enforcement official stated. The leopard population in Gujarat has increased, with the latest census estimating 2,274 in 2023, a 63% increase from 1,395 in 2016.
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