A leopard cat is seriously injured after being hit by a automotive in Phang Nga province in southern Thailand on Monday.
A young man named Somchai (pseudonym) from Thung Kha Ngok subdistrict was driving his motorcycle along the Phang Nga – Takua Pa route when he saw an animal get hit by a automobile.
He parked his motorcycle to examine on the animal lying nonetheless on the road. He mentioned he thought it was a fishing cat (Prionailurus viverrinus). He stated the cat was badly injured however nonetheless alive.
Components picked up the injured wildcat and moved it out of the street onto the grass. He mentioned he told the cat not to go anyplace whereas he coordinated assist from the Phang Nga Wildlife Nursery Station.
Officials from Phang Nga Wildlife Nursery Station collected the injured cat and took it back to the nursery to evaluate its injuries. They reported that the wild animal is a leopard cat, not a fishing cat.
They said the leopard cat’s health was in a bad way after the accident. Officials cleaned the cat’s wounds and injected antibiotics to deal with the infection in addition to saline resolution.
Forest ranger Somchok Sukin, in management of animal husbandry at Phang Nga Wildlife Nursery Station, mentioned the leopard cat sustained injuries to its hip and legs, a wound on its tongue, and chew marks from other animals on its neck and backbone, stories SiamRath.
The employees sadly knowledgeable reporters that if the leopard cat recovers, it will probably be disabled.
The leopard cat is a protected species in Thailand underneath the Wildlife Preservation and Protection Act which prohibits looking and possession..