‘Indian’ cheetah cub shot dead

Published July 21, 2014
— Photo by Dawn.
— Photo by Dawn.

BADIN: Villagers shot down a cheetah cub which had reportedly crossed over from India in Mohammad Moosa Khaskheli village near Nindo Shahar town late on Saturday night.

Villagers told journalists that they had spotted the cub three days back when it was chasing and trying to attack children. They, therefore, shot it down late on Saturday night when it was asleep in a nearby field.

A team of wildlife department officials reached the village on Sunday and took away the cub’s carcass.

Earlier, people in a Nangrparkar village in Thar desert killed two cheetahs a couple of weeks ago. These predators had also crossed over from India.

Published in Dawn, July 21st, 2014

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