One arrested for selling leopard meat

COLOMBO - A Sri Lankan man was caught red handed by police trying to sell the meat and skin of a leopard, an animal listed in the country’s endangered species list.

After having hunted the animal in the forest reserve adjoining the Adam’s Peak, the man was tring to sell the meat and skin of the animal, said police.

The Bogawanthalawa area, where the Adam’s Peak is located, was declared as a World Heritage Site in 2010. The Sri Lankan leopard is classified as Endangered by International Union for Conservation of Nature.

Police sources confirmed that the full grown leopard was a six-foot long. The offender was selling the meat for less than $ 3 per kilogramme. 


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