Poachers shot down a leopard in the Mandasa forest area, skinned it and sold the flesh in Chatrapuram village in Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh on Saturday. According to late reports, the poachers had shot the wild cat with a country-made gun.
They had also shot two peasants near Budarsnigi and sold the meat.
Meanwhile, hunters shot wild boars near Chikkidigam village and at Siddigam poachers had electrocuted two deers.
Bureau Report