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RECORDED LEOPARD DEATHS
Date Location # of leopards Age/sex Method
1982 x 11 x x
1992 Unknown (high probability from the Randenigala monatane forests) 1 x
1996 x 1 x x
Oct. 2000 Yala National Park 1 x x
End 2000 Wasgamowa National Park 10 x x
mid-2001 Uda Walawe National Park 5 x x
July 11, 2001 Yala National Park 2 Young, approx 1-1 1/2 yrs x
Aug, 2001 Yala/Kataragama 2 x x
Aug 08/2001 Wasgamowa National Park 4 Two (2) males, One (1) female and One (1) young Claimed to be shot
Aug 19/2001 Yala National Park (Block 1) 1 Young adult female Killed by adult male
2001 Delta estate, Pusselawa 1 x Shot
Late 2001 Nuwara Eliya area 1 Adult male Caught in a wild boar trap
May 2002 Anurhadapura area 3 Mother and two young cubs Mother killed, cubs taken as pets.
Late 2002 - early 2003 Wilpattu ? (on sale at Puttalam area) 1 x x
Late Feb early March 2003 Wilpattu 4 x Poached
March 2003 Rakwana area near Sinharaja 1 x x
March 03/03 Kande ella (Mepilimana), Conical hill range,Nuwara Eliya 1 Young male Electrocution/Bludgeoned?
End march 2003 Around Nuwara Eliya 1 x Wild boar trap
May 2003 Dunumadallawa Cave Area 1 Male Snared
Sept. 03/03 Katagamuwa Sanctuary 1 x

Poisoned

B/w May 2004 - Jan 2005 Yala National Park (Block 1) 1 Male Wounds from fights
May 23/07 Angurumulla (ingurugolla), Gampola 1 Adult male Caught in trap
early 2007 Alukon estate, Ratnapura 1 x caught in wildboar trap
Jan 2007 Nimalawa sanctuary 1 x poisoned and skinned
Mid 2007 Hantane area 1 x x
November 29/07 Pundal Oya 1 x Caught in trap
January 2008 Argyle Estate between Hatton and Kotagala. GPS N6.92007 E80.58527 /The trap location is not known. 1 Male cought in poachers snaretrap around waist
May 2008 Sinharaja Forest Reserve 1 x x
July 2008 Preston Division, Albion Estate, near Agrapatna (~1 km)TD> 1 x x
July 2008 Diyagama West Estate, near Agrapatna (5 km) 1 x x
10 Sept 2008 Nanuoya 1 Male Snared
March 2009 near Deniyaya 1 Female Killed in snare
20 March 2009 Nuwaraeliya 1 Sub Adult- Female x
April 18, 2009 Yala - in culvert between office and gate by culvert, but moved here not killed here 1 young adult female Shot in neck with T56
April 27, 2009 Lunugamvehera- main rd culvert had gone into it injured come out and died 1 pregnant female Shot
18 July 2009 Gomarankadawala 1 Male Shot dead by T56
14 Sept 2009 Vavuniya 1 Male x
21 Feb 2010 Nuwara eliya 1 Female Snared
11 April 2010 Vavuniya, Kachchikudi 1 Male Snared
July 2010 Kalmadu, Vavuniya 2 Male Snared
July 2010 Mallavi 1 Feale Snared
14 January 2011 Udawalawe 1 Cub x
January 2011 Seethaeliya 1 Male Snared
29 April 2011 Balangoda 1 x Shot dead
11 May 2011 Minneriya 1 Male Bus crash
15 June 2011 Pedro 1 Female Snared
17 June2011 Minneriya/ Giritale 1 Male Shot dead
12 July 2011 Tabbowa wewa 1 Female x
22 Oct 2011 Giritale 1 Female x
27 Oct 2011 Katagamuwa gate,Yala 1 Female sub- adult Knock with a vehecle