Bahraich (UP): It was not a poacher s gun that killed a leopard in the Lakhimpur forest in Uttar Pradesh. The full-grown cat was mauled to death by a tigress during a fight.

"The incident took place last night when the tigress was playing with its cubs near Matera village in Lakhimpur and a leopard came there, sparking a fight between them," District Forest Officer R K Singh said.

The fight between the two continued for hours in which the leopard was killed, he said.

Senior officers of the Forest Department have reached the spot.
Source : PTI