The leopard population of the Judean wilderness along the shores of the Dead Sea was reduced by one quarter by a hit-and-run Egged bus driver.
Soldiers from a nearby guard post found the fatally injured 9-year-old leopard lying on the road along the Dead Sea shore near Ein Gedi.
Veterinarians with the Nature Reserve Authority were unable to save the leopard from the injuries it sustained when it was hit last Saturday night by the bus, whose driver failed to stop or report the incident.
The death of the animal reduces to three the number of leopards in the Dead Sea area.
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