The carcass of a leopard found in a highly decomposed condition in North Bargur reserve forest area was burnt after spot-autopsy by a forest team on Sunday.
The putrefied body of the leopard aged about five years bore wounds on the neck and body indicating its death after a territorial fight with another carnivore, in a remote part of the forest area bordering Karnataka, said V. Zakkariya, Chennampatti Ranger. The carcass was found by a team of personnel while inspecting the area and rule out outbreak of fire during summer months.
According to the report of the post-mortem examination conducted by veterinarian of Vellithiruppur dispensary Ravichandran, the leopard had died of myocarditis, an inflammation of the heart muscle instigated by hypersensitive immune reaction.
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The carcass of the carnivore was burnt, under the instructions of District Forest Officer of Erode Division Nagarajan.