Leopardess falls into well, dies

A female leopard died after it fell into a well at a village in Amreli, forest officials said today.
The five-year-old feline yesterday fell into a well located at a field in Ujada village under Vadiya Taluka, Amreli district, forest officer J K Makwana said.
"The team of forest staff from Kankuvav headed by its Range Forest officer M B Malaniya rushed to the site after getting information from the people of the village about a female leopard getting trapped in a 'water room'," he said.
The leopardess might have come chasing a prey there and got trapped inside the 'water room', which was fitted with an electric motor to draw water from the adjoining well, a forest official said.

The officials tranquilised the big cat after administering it with an injection when it was in the water room, said Malaniya.
However, the carnivore tried to escape from a big whole in the water room and fell into the well having water till a depth of about ten feet water and died, he said.
Later, a postmortem of the carcass was performed, Makwana said, adding, a final report of autopsy was awaited to ascertain the exact cause of the animal's death.