The severely damaged left foreleg of an around four-year-old sub-adult leopardess rescued at the Subathu cantonment area in Solan district has been amputated through a procedure that lasted for over an hour at the Rescue and Rehabilitation Home for wild animals at Tutikandi in Shimla on Saturday.

The leopardess, rescued from an agricultural farm near a forested patch last month, had severely damaged her left foreleg that got entangled in a wire trap.

According to officials, the feline’s claws, canines and other vital body parts were intact, but her left foreleg was beyond recovery. Owing to the amputation and her inability to fend for herself in the wild, the leopardess will remain at Tutikandi shelter for the rest of her life. The centre has 17 leopards, many of them long-term residents

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