Male leopard found dead in Karamadai forest area in TN

A male leopard was found dead in Pasunganimedu falling under the Karamadai forest range in the district, forest officials said on Saturday.

The carcass of the animal was spotted by the forest staff while patrolling on Friday night, they said.

Senior forest department officials reached the spot this morning and ordered for postmortem to ascertain the cause of the death.

Veterinarian Sukumar is carrying out the postmortem, the results of which will be known by Sunday, they added.