Julius (Wilapalawa 2:3 male, YM 47) was born in late 2018 around Wilapalawa and Mahaseelawa in Yala; his mother is the Kotigala 3:2 female. Bold and relaxed around safari vehicles, he was named Yala’s most photographed leopard of 2020. Visitors filmed him trying to take a buffalo calf on the main road, a hunt that failed and left both him and the calf injured. In February 2022 he was seen mating with the female Judy, and since 2022 he has been settling a territory around Ondaatje junction and the Sithulpawwa road, with regular sightings in 2023 and 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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