Day after a 3-year-old leopard was found dead after an unidentified vehicle rammed into it, the Pune Forest Range has begun examining various such routes in their jurisdiction where such animals are found dead. They plan to put up a signboard that cautions citizens to drive slowly.

On Wednesday in the wee hours at around 1.30 am at Kandili village on Pune Nashik state highway near Junnar of Pune district, a leopard was found in a pool of blood. The forest department rushed to the spot after which the doctor examined the leopard and declared him dead.