leopard cub killed on Gurgaon-Faridabad road

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A male leopard cub was mowed down by an unknown speeding vehicle on the Gurgaon-Faridabad road here on Wednesday, a wildlife official said. The ten-month-old cub was hit by the vehicle near Mangar village on the Gurgaon-Faridabad highway. "The post-mortem examination of the cub was conducted at a hospital in Faridabad. The cause of death was a head injury," Gurgaon district forest officer (wildlife) RK Jangra said. "Possibilities of more such cubs cannot be denied as a young leopard was seen in the same area three months ago," he said. "The foothills of Aravallis have been home to many wild animals," Jangra added. The Aravallis is a range of mountains in western India running approximately 800 km in a north-eastern direction across States of Gujarat, Rajasthan, Haryana and Delhi.            

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