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) …
Rajkot: A man was reportedly killed by a leopard on the steps leading to Girnar shrine in Junagadh on Monday night. According to taluka police sources, the body of a man around 30 years of age was found on Tuesday morning. It seemed he was dragged by the animal in …
Ahmedabad/Junagadh: Forest department caged two leopards from Veraval in Junagadh and Rajula in Amreli in past 48 hours. One of the big cats died of heat. The big cat that died was a female caught in Savani village near Veraval on Wednesday morning.
JORHAT, April 22: Three leopard cubs have been caught by the local people at Sensua tea garden under Pulibor Police Station of Jorhat district this morning. Forest Department sources said that the cubs were caught by the people when they appeared before the garden workers. The forest personnel also tried …
Rajesh Ahuja CHANDIGARH: Even as the recent killing of two leopards in Karnal and Jind districts has attracted criticism by animal rights activists, Haryana Forest Minister Ajay Singh Yadav on Tuesday ordered a departmental enquiry and directed Financial Commissioner Keshni Anand Arora to submit the report immediately. Responding to queries …
Rajkot: In a bizarre incident, a man who had been on the run and was wanted in several cases of extortion in Bagvadar police station in Porbandar district was caught after he had to be hospitalised for a leopard attack. According to forest officials, Meru Khunti, a resident of Kutvana …
Pramod Panwar | TNN Palanpur: The prime accused in the wild animal skin trading scam, which had been busted in a Sabarkantha village after a forest department sting operation on April 1, has been arrested. Babu Savaji Modiya, who was on the run since the busting of the scam, was …
The hunter has once again become the hunted. But this time it's the agile leopard that is on the radar of poachers as vigilance has tightened around the illegal trade in tiger parts across India, say wildlife experts. The leopard's skin and bones are equally in demand in the international …
ASIT JOLLY CHANDIGARH A wild leopard believed to have accompanied goat herds from neighbouring Rajasthan was shot dead by policemen after it attacked and injured over a dozen village residents outside Mandokhera near Jind City on Thursday. Village folk setting out to harvest their wheat crops chanced upon the cat …
Palanpur: All four accused involved in the trading of leopard skin and caught red-handed by the forest department in Vijaynagar last week were released on bail on Monday by additional sessions court of Idar in Sabarkantha. Lakshman Patel of Ahmedabad, Prakash Patel, driver with the forest department in Vijayanagar, Shyamji …
KOLKATA: A leopard was shot dead at Shikarpur in Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal on Sunday after it entered a village and seriously injured 11 persons.
Palanpur: First class judicial magistrate of Vijaynagar,on Friday, granted six-day remand to four persons held with leopard skins on Wednesday night at Vijaynagar in Sabarkantha district. Four members of a gang trading in leopard skins were arrested in a joint operation by state Intelligence Bureau and forest department. One of …
In a gruesome incident of violence against wild animals, villagers in Uttar Pradesh's Chandauli district killed a leopard with spears and iron weapons. Of the six villagers booked for killing the animal, two have been arrested, officials said. The incident took place in Chak village in Chandauli, where a group …
Ahmedabad: Forest officials posed as traders in animal skin to catch a gang trying to sell a leopard hide as that of a tiger. They used a gang member as a middleman to strike the deal. He escorted the foresters through the Vijaynagar jungles on a bike to the gang. …
Ahmedabad/Palanpur: In the first ever sting operation carried out by the forest department, an old leopard skin, probably stolen from the royal Palace of Vijaynagar, was recovered late on Wednesday night. In a joint operation of Intelligence Bureau officials and the forest department, four members of a gang which was …
Rajkot: In a bizarre incident in a village in Kodinar taluka of Junagadh district, a leopard was cemented inside a concrete slab for last 20 days. It was discovered on Tuesday when it managed to break a brick. A major operation was carried out to rescue it. According to sources, …
Come April and a pair of hand-raised clouded leopard cubs will be walking on their own into the wild of Kachugaon Forest Division in Assam. "They are in the last leg of their acclimatisation period accompanied by an animal keeper. In all likelihood, the two male cubs will be released …
MALAPPURAM: A four-year-old leopard which had been surviving isolated at a rock-strewn location at Padinjarekkara near the Tirur coastal region was caught in trap of the Forest Department here on Thursday. The leopard had been a fear factor for the beachside dwellers for the past one week. Though the Forest …
Three persons were arrested for attempting to sell a leopard pelt in the City on Friday. The pelt has been seized from them. Police with three men suspected of selling a leopard pelt at Chikkanayakanahalli on Friday. DH PhotoActing on a tip off that leopard pelt was being traded in …
