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 vigilant against the cats.
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.
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.
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.
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 the people of the town.
