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.
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 that such conflicts are
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 him. He was one of the youngest victims of leopard attack last year in the Kerala-Tamil Nadu border area.
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 Society of India (WPSI) confirms that over 291 leopard deaths were report
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 obviously worrying that every year a few leopards die in the park and that their population is now so low.
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.
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 by leopards in Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra in India.
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 crunch at the Mysore Zoo, which is procuring new animals including cheetahs an
