Snow Leopard dies in Wildlife Dept’s custody

The villagers claimed that they had caught the wild cat alive.—File photo SKARDU: A Snow Leopard which had spread terror among villagers allegedly died in the custody of the Wildlife Department on Saturday. The wild-cat had come out of a forest in search of food last month and had spread panic among the residents of Minthal by killing livestock. On Saturday morning, the villagers followed and caught the cat and handed it over to the Wildlife Department but it died soon after. The villagers claimed that they had caught the wild cat alive. The Wildlife Department said that it will conduct a post-mortem of the cat after which the cause of its death can be determined.