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Lakhimpur Kheri (UP), March 29 Days after a seven-year-old girl was killed in a leopard attack here, the forest department has captured the big cat suspected of being involved in the attack, officials said on Sunday.The leopard was trapped in a cage in the Sinhauna village of the Singahi area...

Nashik, March 28 A leopard wandered into a residential area in Satpur, Nashik, on Saturday, causing panic among residents, officials said.The leopard was tranquilized after a four-hour effort by personnel from the forest, police, and district administration, they added.The big cat was...

Bhubaneswar, March 24 A total of 325 wild animals, including a tiger, 11 leopards, and 14 elephants, were killed by poachers in Odisha over the past three years, state forest minister Ganesh Ram Singkhuntia told the Assembly on Tuesday.Responding to a written question by BJD MLA Ramesh Chandra...

Mumbai, March 24 Maharashtra's Forest Minister Ganesh Naik has said that the state government has asked Reliance Foundation to accommodate leopards at its Vantara facility in Gujarat's Jamnagar, and 25 big cats have already been relocated there.The population of leopards has risen four times...

Berhampur (Odisha), March 22 Panic gripped villagers in the Patrapur block of Odisha's Ganjam district after a video of a suspected leopard sitting on a nearby hill went viral on social media.However, forest officials said they found no footprints or received any reports of livestock being...

New Delhi, March 21 A committee will be formed based on the concept of "My Zoo" to connect prominent individuals from various fields with zoos, according to officials from the Ministry of Environment.The decision was made during the 45th meeting of the Central Zoo Authority, chaired by...

Lakhimpur Kheri (UP), March 21 (UP) – The carcass of a leopard cub was recovered from a field in the Samapurnanagar range of the Dudhwa buffer zone on Saturday morning. Forest officials attributed the death to an attack by another leopard.Kirti Chaudhary, Deputy Director of the Dudhwa buffer...

Thane, March 20 Maharashtra Forest Minister Ganesh Naik said on Friday that animals like monkeys and wild boars would be made available to carnivores, including leopards and tigers, in their natural habitats in sufficient numbers so that predators do not enter urban areas in search of food...

Mumbai, March 18 The state legislative assembly passed the Wildlife Protection (Maharashtra Amendment) Bill, 2026, on Wednesday, with the government asserting that it would not lead to the issuance of permits for hunting wild animals, including leopards.The bill aims to facilitate better...

Jaipur, March 17 The Rajasthan Forest Department has decided to attach radio collars to leopards in the Jhalana Leopard Reserve to monitor their movement, following repeated incidents of them straying into nearby residential areas, officials said.Chief Wildlife Warden K C Arun Prasad said the...

Bijnor (UP), March 15 A typical morning in the sugarcane fields turned into a tragedy on Sunday when a leopard snatched a 10-year-old girl from her mother's side and dragged her into the forest here.The victim, identified as Aditi, was returning home with her mother and brother after planting...

Jaipur, March 12 A leopard entered a residential area in the Sikar district of Rajasthan on Thursday and attacked a 65-year-old woman inside a house, police said.The incident occurred in Ward 23 of the Reengus town, causing panic among residents. The leopard, estimated to be around 5 years...

Bilaspur (HP), March 12 Eight leopard claws were recovered from a scooter driven by a woman during a routine traffic check near the Barmana area here, police said on Thursday.The incident occurred on Wednesday evening when a team from the Barmana police station was conducting inspections at...

Chandigarh, March 12 A late-night sighting of a wild animal, suspected to be a leopard, near a dargah in Sector 29 here has put forest and wildlife department officials on alert, prompting a search operation in the area.An official said on Thursday that the animal was spotted in CCTV camera...

Shimla, March 11 An 18-year-old student in Himachal Pradesh's Solan district defended himself against an attack by a leopard by using his bare hands and smashing the animal's jaws with stones, killing it.The second-year student at the Industrial Training Institute (ITI) was rushed to the Arki...

Lakhimpur Kheri (UP), March 8 A female leopard was captured in the southern Nighasan forest range of the Dudhwa National Park's buffer zone, officials said on Sunday.The leopard's movements were reported near Govindnagar Farm and Biharipurwa since Thursday, and it had killed a dog and some...

Tadoba National Park (Maharashtra), March 8 There was a time when the extinction of tigers was predicted in India; the number of this big cat in this national park had reduced to just 30 a decade ago. Conservation efforts reversed the trend, and today Tadoba and its neighboring area have 200...

Nahan (HP), March 6 Two people were arrested in the Nahan area of the Sirmaur district for allegedly cutting the nails of a leopard, officials said on Friday.The arrest was made after the post-mortem report of the deceased female leopard at the Animal Rescue Centre in Tutikandi, Shimla...

Shimla, February 28 A leopard was found dead in the Dhalun area of the Kangra district, officials said on Saturday.Following the information, a team from the forest department arrived at the scene and secured the carcass.District Forest Officer (DFO) Amit Sharma said the leopard's death was...

Thane, February 26 A leopard was found dead with its claws removed in the Washala forest range of the Shahapur taluka, officials said on Thursday.The carcass was found in a dry stream within the limits of the Susarwadi village on Tuesday, according to a veterinary officer.The animal...