Wildlife officials say that a wildlife doctor who was on an operation to save a leopard caught in a trap in a forested area of Tissamaharama Ranminithenna was attacked by the leopard and was taken to the hospital.
According to the information received by the wildlife officers that a leopard is caught in a trap near Yala Park, Uva Provincial, a group led by Wildlife Dr W. A Dharmakeerthi came to the Rotawewa area this morning and was carrying out the operation to save the leopard, the leopard that broke the drug at the same time jumped on the body of wildlife doctor Malaka Abeywardena and bit his right arm in the elbow area.
The leopard had escaped into the jungle after the wildlife officers shouted.
The wildlife doctor, who was injured by the attack of the leopard, was immediately admitted to the Walasmulla Base Hospital. The wildlife doctor has also undergone an operation there. (Lankadeepa)
