A leopard cat is seriously injured after being hit by a car in Phang Nga province in southern Thailand on Monday.
A younger man named Somchai (pseudonym) from Thung Kha Ngok subdistrict was driving his motorbike along the Phang Nga – Takua Pa route when he noticed an animal get hit by a automotive.
He parked his motorcycle to check on the animal mendacity still on the road. He said he thought it was a fishing cat (Prionailurus viverrinus). Downloadable mentioned the cat was badly injured however still alive.
Somchai carefully picked up the injured wildcat and moved it out of the highway onto the grass. He mentioned he informed the cat not to go wherever while 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 assess its injuries. They reported that the wild animal is a leopard cat, not a fishing cat.
They stated the leopard cat’s well being was in a foul method after the accident. Officials cleaned the cat’s wounds and injected antibiotics to deal with the infection as properly as saline solution.
Forest ranger Somchok Sukin, in management of animal husbandry at Phang Nga Wildlife Nursery Station, stated the leopard cat sustained accidents to its hip and legs, a wound on its tongue, and chunk marks from different animals on its neck and spine, stories SiamRath.
The employees sadly knowledgeable reporters that if the leopard cat recovers, it’s going to likely be disabled.
The leopard cat is a protected species in Thailand beneath the Wildlife Preservation and Protection Act which prohibits hunting and possession..