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) …
Kolhapur: As many as 32 wild animals were hunted in the forest areas falling under the Kolhapur division's jurisdiction since 2013. According to the data furnished by the forest department, the number of animals falling prey to hunters increased from six in 2013 to 16 in 2015. In 2013, six …
Mumbai: To carry out a headcount of leopards inhabiting Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary, camera traps will be placed across the forested part. This sanctuary stretches from the fringes of Sanjay Gandhi National Park and extends beyond Virar. The camera traps will be positioned at least at 30 locations across the stretch …
For the first time in decades, hunters with deep pockets will not be able to shoot all of the “big five” game animals in South Africa after the government banned leopard hunts for the 2016 season. The South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) recommended the temporary ban because it said …
HUBBALLI: Wildlife conservationists fear that increasing incidents of elephants and leopards straying into human areas and the subsequent rescue operations which are conducted in an ad-hoc manner are presenting wild animals in bad light. They say the injuries suffered during the rescue operation in Bengaluru on Sunday could have been …
DEHRADUN: In a report unprecedented in its detail, the Wildlife Institute of India finds out that among 44 tiger reserves of the country, Corbett Tiger Reserve has the maximum number of 215 tigers. Corbett is followed by Bandipur and Nagarahole reserves in Karnataka with 120 and 101 tigers respectively. Leopard …
Officials in northeast China are planning a resident resettlement and afforestation project to double the size of a key migration corridor for wild Siberian tigers and Amur leopards that has become overpopulated with the endangered cats. Chinese and Russian conservationists estimate their protection has taken the number of tigers and …
BHUBANESWAR: As the Odisha government is all set to start its big cat count in the first week of February, the authorities are likely to skip the Sunabeda Wildlife Sanctuary that has of late turned into a hot-bed for the Maoist. The tiger census in the sanctuary, in Nuapada district, …
DEHRADUN: Pauri Garhwal district witness spate of killings of people every year by leopard. Two innocent children too have been killed quite recently there. It was just sometime ago, Wildlife Institute of India conducted a sample study on Pauri district with regard to human-leopard conflicts and observed that it was …
A recent study by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) India Program on human-leopard interactions in India calls for a shift in management focus, from current reactive practices such as removal and translocation of leopards, to proactive measures that ensure safety of human lives, livelihoods, their property, enhance people’s acceptance of …
DEHRADUN: Leopard safaris are set to begin in Uttarakhand for the very first time. The Chidiyapur range of Haridwar Forest Division, where five leopards are lodged - all of which were earlier injured or trapped in human-animal conflict - will be used as a spot where tourists will be taken …
NAGPUR: In a bid to know connectivity of large carnivores at landscape level, the wildlife wing of the Maharashtra forest department has approved a mega project on scat DNA analysis of tigers, leopards, sloth bears and dholes. "The Rs74 lakh project will be implemented by Wildlife Institute of India (WII), …
JAIPUR: A documentary on leopards' conservation, Discovery Channel's 'Jawai: India's Leopard Hills' that was to be aired on October 19 this year will now not be aired following objections from the forest department. According to preliminary reports, the crew that was also associated with a private hotel in Jawai, allegedly …
"Leopards prefer to live in tea estates and forested areas but mainly prey on livestock in human-shared spaces," said Aritra Kshettry , research associate, Centre for Wildlife Studies, Bengaluru. He studied leopards in northwest Bengal, where they live in close quarters with humans. He found that tea estates and forest …
Hyderabad: The first ever leopard census in India, carried out by the Wild Life Institute of India, has exposed the claims of AP and TS forest officials regarding an increase in the population of leopards. According to the census, undivided AP had 343 leopards. The total leopard population of the …
Ranchi: The first nationwide survey by Wildlife Institute of India (WII) on leopards states that there are just 29 leopards in the state. The survey has not been made public yet but has put the spotted cat population at close to 8,000 in the country, except the northeast. Jharkhand, which …
India finally has an estimate of its most populous and elusive large predator, the leopard. The first ever count of India's leopards, conducted alongside last year's tiger census, has put the spotted cat population at 7,910 in and around tiger habitats across the country, except the northeast. The leopards were …
The beat of the `thase' drums brought tigers out of their lairs in Mangaluru and coastal Karnataka over the weekend. They roared, prowled and stalked prey but these weren't big cats from the forests. Pilivesha or tiger dance performers, painted with the stripes of tigers or the spots of leopards, …
Karwar: The continuous destruction of forests in Uttara Kannada district is leading to a conflict between man and wild animals. In most cases, the animals intrude into human habitation in search of food. Even in the urban areas, the number cases of snakes, pythons and the leopards entering into houses …
State claims it has a tiger population of 202, forest dept exercise sponsored by NGO captures them all . TIGER population estimates based on line-transact and mark capture-recapture method always give a range of population, with the claims often being contested for accuracy. However, possibly for the first time anywhere …
The Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority has suspended hunting of wildlife in three park estates and introduced stringent conditions for lion, leopard and elephant hunts. This follows the killing of a popular lion, Cecil, by an American dentist Walter Palmer using a bow and arrow earlier this month after …
