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 poaching of these protected animals has shot up in Odisha with the seizure of around 30 leopard skins in the last two years. Of the seizures, the STF alone has accounted for the seizure of 24 skins.
According to the police, a local spotted the leopard near the Kursi road on Saturday and again on Sunday morning and informed other locals who later contacted the police on UP 112.
STF is the specialized wing of Odisha Police to curb the organized crime in the State.
As the highways pass through the forest areas, the wild animals are meeting accidental deaths.
The forest department will be fixing a radio collar on the leopard, before releasing it in the wild.
