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) …
THE Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) on Saturday nabbed three poachers with iron traps in Panna Tiger Reserve. All three belonged to the Pardhi community. "These people had come from Maharashtra and would have tried to trap a tiger or a deer," said a WCCB official. There are currently two …
Bahraich (Uttar Pradesh): Panic gripped a village here after a leopard killed a seven-year-old girl in Katarniyaghat wildlife sanctuary area, officials said on Sunday. The leopard, which strayed into district
In a bold attempt to rehabilitate hand-raised clouded leopards, two cubs looked after by the Bodoland Territorial Council, International Fund for Animal Welfare and Wildlife Trust of India in Kokrajhar, were transferred to a forest rehabilitation site last morning. The relocation was supported by the Eco-Task Force of the Indian …
Vadodara: Five days after a leopard was spotted in Harni, another was reportedly sighted in the same area on Sunday morning. Forest officials were on their toes throughout the day searching the animal, which was spotted by a milkman in post and telegraph (P&T;) colony on Sunday morning. It was …
Dhari (Amreli): A decomposed carcass of a male leopard was recovered from a river bed near Kotada village of Khambha taluka of Amreli district on Thursday evening. District forest officer (DFO) Maniswar Raja said,
Mumbai Leopards have always existed peacefully around human habitation, but in regions where they were repeatedly pushed back to the forest, animal-human conflicts have inevitably increased, says a study on human-leopard conflict called Project Waghoba carried out by a Pune-based NGO Kaati group. The NGO has carried out the study …
The carcass of the leopard. Udhagamandalam: A leopard has been killed near Gudalur. The District Forest Officer, Gudalur, N. Satheesh, told The Hindu that the carcass of the female leopard aged around four to five years was found near a fence erected along coffee plantation in Nelliyalam village. The carnivore …
JORHAT, Aug 5: The sharp increase of leopards in the last one decade in the district has proved conservation efforts successful but in the absence of a concrete project to sustain and help in further multiplication, the wild cats are increasingly coming into conflict with man with the former losing …
H D Kote:DH News Service Seven persons sustained injuries in two separate incidents of attack by wild animals, in the taluk on Sunday. The dead leopard. Six persons sustained injuries in a leopard attack at Niluvagilu village in the taluk. The wild animal has reportedly succumbed to the injuries sustained …
DEHRA DUN: A man axed a leopard in a bid to save his wife from the jaws of the feline that entered their kitchen in Kumrada village of Uttarkashi district around 6 a.m. on Friday. The leopard entered the kitchen and attacked Sarojini as she was making tea. Sarojini put …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The ferocious look on Ganesh, the newcomer to the city zoo, is scary, to say the least. This 14-year-old leopard from Thrissur zoo was captured from the South Wayanad forests in May 2003. ``Yes, he is aggressive,
The forest department has succeeded in trapping a leopard at Dhave-Sattari in the wee hours of Monday. It may be recalled that the leopard had been creating havoc in the village since the last one month. On May 19, the leopard had attacked one Uday Mandrekar, besides; several dogs and …
JORHAT, June 21: At a time when the ecological balance in the world is considered a serious concern to survive the flora and fauna in the earth, the man-animal conflicts getting bloodier on the Asom particularly in the upper parts of the State. In the last couple of years, reports …
GOLAGHAT, June 18: The Bongaigaon sector of the Sahastra Seema Bal (SSB) under the ministry of Home Affairs has been engaged in intensive patrolling conducted by the SSb to guard the Indo-Bhutan International border and their hard work has paid off as a huge quantity of ganja, a rhino horn …
Forest Minister, Filipe Neri Rodrigues has appreciated the brave act of the victim of leopard attack Ranwawati in taking on the wild cat inside her house at Khola-Canacona and promised her all assistance. As the victim of the leopard attack lay admitted in Hospicio hospital, overcoming the pain, shock and …
