AGRA: A male leopard was seriously injured after being hit by an unidentified vehicle near Agra fort early Tuesday.Deputy Conservator Forest, Chambal Safari, Anand Kumar told TOI that the wild cat suffered traumatic injuries and has been moved to Wildlife rescue centre inside Soor Sarovar Bird Sanctuary for treatment. He said, the leopard is believed to have been crossing the road when he was hit by the vehicle.Talking to TOI, Director Conservation Projects, Wildlife SOS, Baiju Raj M.V, who examined the leopard, said, “We darted the distressed animal using a sedative injection around 3 am and brought him to the rescue centre. Now the leopard is under observation”.Explaining the wild cat’s condition, Dr Baiju told TOI that he is not able to stand on his own. In fact, he has not even urinated or defecated since 3 am, which is alarming. He said, “the exact situation will be known only after conducting diagnostic tests including X-ray and that could be possible only after 8-9 hours, after we dart him again”.At present, the leopard aged between 5-7 years is in the cage at rescue centre. Dr Baiju said that wild life animals’ self healing system is strong, but if there is no sign of improvement then laser therapy will be performed on him.According to Vivek Trivedi, station house officer of Rakabganj police station, "We were patrolling near the Yamuna bank at around 12:30 am, when we came across the injured leopard. We informed the forest department, who after two hour long rescue operation took the animal for treatment”.

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