Legal action will be taken against individuals who had been involved in the killing of a rare leopard in Kilinochchi, Director General of the Department of Wildlife, Chandana Sooriyabandara has said.
He said representations will be made to court and action will be taken to nab the killers. He says the people in the area had obstructed the Department officials from carrying out their duties and killed the leopard. They had even attempted to grab the weapons of the officials he said.
A Leopard which is an endangered species had been brutally killed by villagers in Kilinochchi after they claim it had attacked 10 people in the area. However, Leopards are known to be shy animals and generally do not attack groups unless provoked. Serious backlash against the incident has been brewing on social media after videos of the incident were widely circulated.
Environmentalists have also identified some of the suspects connected to the killing through their facebook posts with one employee of the zonal education office in the area also being implicated in the incident.
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