The Sri Lankan leopard is the topmost predator in the island. But with numbers most probably under 700 ,its status is under severe threat with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) declaring our ‘panthera pardus kotiya’ as a highly vulnerable species.To read full story visit: https://www.dailypost.lk/as-the-hunter-becomes-the-hunted-sri-lanka-needs-an-urgent-dedicated-strategy-to-protect-restore-the-leopard-population-in-the-country/?fbclid=IwAR2kbiZxHfRDCcAuvkXR9qcQdqWv3F3xxl8MV_heSKS-MhMcFjxbdljpyio#.X2Oe81D-zkA.facebook