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ISLAMABAD: Officials said that around four Asian Leopards on Thursday evening entered Saidpur village, Islamabad. According to an official of the Islamabad Wildlife Management Board (IWMB), the staff of its team also rushed to the area to ensure the protection of the people after it received the information. He said that according to the information a few leopards were spotted in Saidpur village at 1930 hours.
He said the people had gathered in Saidpur village like ‘spectators of a fun fair’ which was risky because the they are human-shy in nature. He said that the wild animal could have been provoked and instigated by human sounds and might have attacked the people. He rejected the private media news of a dozen goats and cows being killed by the Wild Panther. He said that the they had only attacked a goat and left it after the locals created noise.
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Leopards in Saidpur
He further said that the leopards left the area after a while and no person was harmed. He told APP “The leopards have not intruded in the human settlement rather humans have encroached into their habitat as the leopard attacked the goats in a newly built dwelling by the locals which are illegal and within the national park.” The Kohsar Police Station said that the policemen were deployed on the ground to protect people in the area. APP
