Two leopard cubs found dead in Nainital district

Two leopard cubs were on Monday found dead at sisoli village of Nainital district, a senior forest official said.

Two leopard cubs were on Monday found dead at sisoli village of Nainital district, a senior forest official said.

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The two cubs, both in the age group of one year, were found dead by villagers.

Later, a postmortem on the bodies of cubs was conducted which revealed that they died of pneumonia following heavy snowfall in the area four to five days ago, said Biju Lal Divisional Forest Officer of Nainital.