A snow Leopard killed 37 sheep and Pashmina goats in a remote village near here, taking the number of livestock perished in wild animal attacks over the past four weeks in the district to170, officials said on Wednesday. The snow leopard strayed into the Yourgo village from a nearby forest and entered the livestock shed of Tsering Dorjay during the intervening night of April 19-20, the officials said. Executive Councillor for Wildlife Konchok Stanzin immediately sent a wildlife team to the village to catch the snow leopard. “ Caught snow leopard will be released back into the wild after a few days,” he said, expressing grief over the huge loss of livestock which is the only means of sustenance for the nomad family.
He also directed wildlife warden to assess the livestock loss for giving timely compensation and also instructed him to provide a corral pen to the family for protecting the remaining livestock.