Leopard wreaks havoc at wedding ceremony in Lucknow
Forest Department officials managed to catch the leopard after three hours of effort during which it attacked and injured a police sub-inspector.
Forest Department officials managed to catch the leopard after three hours of effort during which it attacked and injured a police sub-inspector.
A farmer, who was harvesting crops in village Dih of Lakhimpur Kheri district of Uttar Pradesh was attacked by a leopard, and killed on the spot.
A leopard strayed into Vidhyadhar Nagar Colony, an outer area of the Pink City, on Saturday and injured three people before being tranquillised and rescued in a five-hour-long operation by wildlife sleuths.
A seven-year-old female leopard, which was a major attraction for tourists, died at her enclosure in Odisha’s Sambalpur Zoo, an official said on Thursday.
A leopard, which is suspected to have preyed on at least eight people in the Gogunda-Jhadol -Madar region of Udaipur district in Rajasthan last month, was shot dead by forest officials on Friday.
A man-eating leopard in Udaipur's jungles, who had attacked a farmer in the nearby village, was found dead on Friday with an injury mark on its neck, forest officials said.
The Authorities have issued shoot-at-sight orders in case the teams of the Wildlife department are unable to trap and tranquilise the big cat. The whole forest area is being monitored with two drone cameras.
The big cat was later rescued by the Forest Department with the help of DFS, while the injured were rushed to the hospital.
Central India recorded the highest population with Madhya Pradesh having 3,907 leopards.
A leopard trapped in a wire fence in a private garden in the Thitukkal area near Nilgiri Uthai was rescued after a 6-hour struggle.
