India has 13,874 leopards, with the heart of the country — Madhya Pradesh — having the largest number of its third-biggest felid, a landmark report released by the Centre on February 29, 2024 showed. The pan-India population of the Indian leopard (Panthera pardus fusca) was estimated at 13,874 (Range: 12,616–15,132) …
AHMEDABAD: The much-awaited three-day leopard and sloth bear census kicked off on Monday. The census began in 17 districts simultaneously across Gujarat. The last census which was conducted in the year 2006 had shown a population of 1,070 leopards in the state. The forest department officials said that about 5,000 …
AHMEDABAD: Sugar cane fields are the place to be if you are hunting for leopards. Foresters who are gearing up for the three-day leopard census starting from May 16 said that the sugar cane fields will be the main area of focus outside the protected forest areas. Leopards, they said, …
AHMEDABAD: The much-awaited leopard census will be held for three days from May 16. Along with this leopard census, the state forest department officials will also conduct a census of the sloth bear in the state during the same period. The 2006 census had revealed a leopard population of 1,070 …
Legal Awareness Programme on Forest Acts held in Udhagamandalam Udhagamandlam: The judiciary will always protect the environment of the Nilgiris, said the Chief Justice of the Madras High Court, M. Yousuf Iqbal here on Tuesday. He was presiding over a Legal Awareness Programme on Forest Acts for field level forest …
Utter silence within the group. So silent you could hear a pin drop, yes, even in the long grass swaying on the plains of Masai Mara, Africa, where we were. On a safari there a few years ago, the wait to spot a leopard was excruciating
Drawing from Maharashtra experience in tackling leopard attacks, the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has for the first time issued guidelines to tackle man-animal conflict across the country. Released last week, the MoEF booklet has been drafted after consultations with various state forest departments and experts working in …
Guidelines say animals should be released in the vicinity of capture The national guidelines for human-leopard conflict management have advised against relocating the captured animals, a practice widely followed in Kerala. If an animal has to be released, it should be done in the immediate vicinity of capture. Leopards are …
PANJIM, The Ministry of Environment and Forests on Monday issued guidelines for human-leopard conflict management. Even as forest officials here in the State are yet to receive a copy of the guidelines they are upbeat at the prospect. The first of its kind booklet, released yesterday is a result of …
Man-leopard conflicts have intensified to the extent that 291 leopards were reported killed in 2010 and another 235 were killed in 2009. With the leopard population in the country dropping to 11,000, a worried environment minister Jairam Ramesh has shot off a letter to chief ministers asking them to create …
In a first of its kind, the Environment Ministry on Monday issued guidelines -- based on three-pronged approach - to States in dealing with rising cases of man-leopard conflict. According to Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh, the first strategy is aimed at building confidence and paving the way for cooperation between …
This booklet, the first of its kind from the Ministry of Environment and Forests, is a result of the consultations with, and the suggestions from, a wide range of individuals and organizations involved in the subject, besides drawing upon reports and scientific studies available on human-leopard conflict. Knowing full well …
Most conflicts take place on the Kerala-Tamil Nadu border Shortage of prey in the forests is one factor Cattle rearing in forest fringes also leads to attacks KOCHI: The fearful cries of a four-year-old boy got drowned in the din of the temple festival as a ferocious leopard pounced on …
We have been brought to believe that all wildlife is restricted to wildlife sanctuaries and tiger reserves. True, our forests are repositories of wild animals and plants, most of which would not be able to survive outside the protected ecosystems. But they make up 5 per cent of the country’s …
With the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) working overtime to protect the tiger population, poachers have now shifted their attention to killing leopards and selling their body parts as tiger parts. The states of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh are the epicentre of this illicit trade and the Wildlife Protection …
Mumbai: The finding of a dead leopard at the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) has conservationists worried about the declining numbers of the big cats in the area. According to official statistics, the number of leopards in the park was down to 23 in 2009 from 47 in 1990. "It's …
Pramod Panwar | TNN Palanpur: At least four persons, including a range forest officer and the sarpanch, were injured by a leopard at Malgadh village, 17 km from Deesa, in Banaskantha district on Monday. The big cat was finally caught by forest officials and a team from Gir Foundation at …
Livestock depredation by carnivores has become an important hurdle in conservation of predators at the top of the food chain. To develop feasible recommendations to minimize this conflict, it is important to learn the circumstances of the predation events and attitudes of people. We assessed the circumstances for livestock depredation …
The animal exchange programme between Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Garden, Mysore, and Bannerghatta Biological Park (BBP) saw as many as eight leopards; three China ring-necked pheasants and four lady Amherst pheasants shifted to the BBP on Wednesday. The park has to make space for these animals owing it to the space …
