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) …
Another wild cat found dead BICHOLIM, MARCH 14 A 45-year-old man from Pistewada-Nanoda, Bicholim, was seriously injured, after he was attacked by a leopard on Sunday morning, while another leopard was found dead in the village. According to reports, the incident occurred at about 6.45 am when one Pandurang Tulaskar …
Paw Prints Suggest It Was The Same Animal: DCF Anita Karne Vijaysinh Parmar | TNN Rajkot: Exactly a month after it mauled to death two women in Ishwariya village of Junagadh district, the leopard responsible for the killings was identified by forest officials on Wednesday. Junagadh range forest officials confirmed …
A leopard attacked a dog at Wavti-Vathadev, Bicholim, there by creating panic among villagers on Saturday night. According to villagers, the leopard strayed near the residence of one Pandurang Gawde from Wavti-Vathadev and attacked the dog sleeping outside the house.
DEHRA DUN The prestigious Indian Military Academy here is facing a threat of the third kind. The threat to the residents living inside the high security complex comes in the form of leopards that make an appearance at their own will forcing the officers and Gentlemen Cadets to be extra …
Junagadh: A leopard was killed in a territorial infighting between two big cats in a village of Sutrapada taluka on Friday night, said forest department officials on Saturday. According to officials, the incident occurred on the outskirts of Matana village near Dhamlej in Sutrapada taluka where shepherds herding their cattle …
Nearly 10 persons were injured when a leopard attacked villagers at Vandaru Nadubettu and Kakkunje regions of Kota in Udupi taluk on Friday. The leopard made its appearance at Vandaru Nadubettu village at around 9.15 am and injured a villager Rajani (37). It attacked Rajani and cut her flesh from …
were trying to chase away the animal, who was strolling in a tobacco farm on outskirts of the village. Seven persons have also received minor injuries. While Bhadran Congress MLA Rajendrasinh Parmar and other office-bearers of Anand
Palanpur: A leopard, which was entangled in a bundle of loose telephone cables strewn across a field some 45 km from Himmatnagar in Vadali taluka, was set free by the forest department on Thursday evening. This is one of the first sighting of the spotted wild cat in the region. …
Residents of Dhave-Sattari have expressed fear over the presence of a leopard in the village since the last few days. According to the residents, the leopard has attacked many dogs in the village since the last few days.
Mumbai: Although the forest department served the notices to Maharogi Seva Samiti for illegally keeping wild animals at Somnath and Anandvan, the department itself has been using the facility currently. The Samiti, founded by renowned social worker late Baba Amte, has been served the notices as per the directives of …
Even as wildlife conservation activists began to complain that senior Forest Department officials are unwilling to take action against those responsible for the killing of a young leopard in Thodupuzha town in Idukki district, Forest Minister Benoy Viswam has confirmed that the animal had died of the unruly response of …
Police arrested two persons and seized leopard and deer pelts worth Rs 5 lakh. The accused were arrested while they were trying to sell the pelts in front of the KSRTC bus stand, said Superintendent of Police Dr A Subrahmanyeshwara Rao here on Tuesday. Based on a tip-off, a team …
This Studbook is a part of the Central Zoo Authority, New Delhi, assignment to the Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, for the compilation and publication of studbooks of selected endangered species of wild animals in Indian zoos. The present studbook compiles and analyses data for the Indian zoos.
JORHAT, Nov 18: With the sightings of leopards at various places and one death in different parts of the district, the Forest Department has gone into a tizzy, yesterday. On the other hand, the nights are taken up with warding off a herd of wild elephants making inroads at Northwest …
Monitoring tigers is a process, the end product of which is not only the number of tigers but an indication that there has been a change in number of tigers, with an understanding of the factors that have been responsible for this change. The explicit purpose of this field manual …
A day after India and China signed a Memorandum of Understanding on environment and climate change, including management of forests, a new investigation has revealed that skins and other body parts of Indian wild tigers and leopards are being sold openly in China and at much higher prices than before. …
LUCKNOW: The recent starvation deaths of leopards in UP could be the latest manifestation of deteriorating forest quality. A four-month-old leopard cub died in June this year while another cub, about a-year-and-a-half old, died on Tuesday while it was undergoing treatment at Lucknow zoo. While the first death was reported …
Neha Sinha Sridutt Sharma, a resident of Germany, spent years looking for a tiger or a leopard in sanctuaries and tiger reserves across India, but in vain. On Monday, his wish was finally granted, but in the most unlikely of all places
