Taking prompt action over a video that went viral on social media displaying a young man boasting over the shooting down of a common leopard in the hilly terrain of the Nizampure area in Nowshera district was arrested and fined Rs 250,000 by the Wildlife Department of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
“The big cat was killed by Yar Muhammad son of Niaz Muhammad resident of the Upper Shah Kot area of Niazam Pur in Nowshera,” informed Amir Khan, Range Officer Wildlife Department. Talking to the media, Amir Khan informed that the Wildlife Department received a report about the circulation of a video on social media regarding the killing of a leopard in the Upper Shah Kot area. Soon after receiving the news, Divisional Wildlife Officer.—APP
