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.
The official said that the last census was conducted in 2016 in which the total number of leopards, who are also among the major 'big cats' in the world
Wildlife lover and Union Minister of State Ramdas Athawale adopted a five-year-old leopard at the Sanjay Gandhi National Park, here on Tuesday.
A Forest Department team told the media, quoting the villagers, the leopard that had entered the village was surrounded by a pack of village dogs.
The incident happened when the leopard pounced on him and bit his hand when he was going to the farmland for work at around 7 am.
The forest department has arrested three Nepalese nationals with hides of two red panda and one leopard.
