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
 
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