A leopard was found dead on the premises of a tea stall at Varattuparai near Valparai on Thursday.
Officials with the Anamalai Tiger Reserve (ATR) said that the animal’s right foreleg trapped in a henhouse behind the tea shop run by I. Usman in a revenue land within a tea estate on Thursday morning. The area falls within the limits of Valparai forest range of ATR.
They said that the carcass of the leopard was noticed around 7 a.m. when the shop owner went to check the henhouse.