A one-year-old leopard cub was found dead
at the Marapur Tea Estate in Naxalbari police station area
this morning.
The lifeless body of the two-and-a-half-feet long cub was
spotted by the plantation workers. The plantation authorities
later informed the forest officials, who took away the carcass.
According to forest department officials, the leopard cub
had injury marks on the shoulder, which was probably caused
by infighting leading to its death. A postmortem was conducted
at the Sukna Animal Rescue Centre before cremating the carcass
inside the Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary.