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The Mischievous Wink !!!  *This image is copyright of its original author
The leopard that learnt from the cat and other narratives of carnivore–human coexistence in northern India
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https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/pan3.10039#support-information-section 
There seem to be many cases in of Leopards killing humans in 2019, especially in India.
"Fatal encounter November 27: Woman (45) killed in sugarcane field at Nawada village close to Nagina Dehat police station December 17: Five-year-old Chetan of Prempuri village in Najibabad area killed and a child injured December 19: Leopard mauls to death Chaman (23) at Alam Saray village December 25: Shanu (16) falls prey to leopard attack at Asgarpur village December 26: Shafiq killed by leopard https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/meerut/farm-labourer-fifth-victim-of-leopard-attack/articleshow/72985690.cms  *This image is copyright of its original author *This image is copyright of its original author Teenager mauled to death by a leopard in J-K's Kathua  *This image is copyright of its original author *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author *This image is copyright of its original author PTI, Jammu,
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"An 18-year-old boy was mauled to death by a leopard in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Tuesday. Paroshotam Kumar was attacked and killed by the wild animal while returning to his residence in Makwal village in Ramkote area late on Monday, a police official said. He said the victim's mutilated body was recovered from the bushes and handed over to his family for last rites after completion of legal formalities. The incident has caused panic among local residents who took to the streets on Tuesday morning along with the victim's body and blocked the main road to protest against the wildlife department. Senior police and civil officers rushed to the area and were persuading the protesters to disperse, assuring necessary measures to prevent such an incident from occurring in the future, the official said. The leopard remains untraced and is believed to have fled back into the forest, he said." https://www.deccanherald.com/national/teenager-mauled-to-death-by-a-leopard-in-j-ks-kathua-775572.html
Publish Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2019 04:17 PM (IST)A sheep leopard was killed in a leopard attack at Pangana in Karsog subdivision of Man Killed By Leopard District Mandi. This incident is being reported from Panayadu village in Pangana. ... "Mandi, jnn. Sheep keeper was killed in a leopard attack at Pangana in Karsog subdivision of District Mandi. This incident is being reported from Panayadu village in Pangana. The person went towards the forest carrying the cattle, during which suddenly the leopard attacked him. It is being told that the person was alone at the time of the attack and the leopard bled him badly, Ram Singh resident Panayadu died on the spot.
Hearing the sound of shouting, people nearby and another man who brought cattle with him, reached the spot and rescued him from the clutches of the leopard, but by then he had died. The police and forest department team reached the spot and started investigating the case. Statements have also been taken in the case of local people."
https://www.jagran.com/himachal-pradesh/...43749.html
Leopard deaths in accidents rose by 278% in 10 years, shows data
The country recorded 83 leopard deaths in train and road accidents in 2019, the highest in a decade, according to year-end data collated by the Delhi-based Wildlife Protection Society of India (WPSI). Of these, 73 were killed in road accidents and 10 were run over by trains. Leopard deaths in train and road accidents have increased over the past 10 years with a 278% rise from 2010 to 2019. Last year, 80 deaths of the big cats were reported, 63 in 2017, 51 each in 2015 and 2016, 41 in 2014, 35 in 2013, 28 in 2012, 30 in 2011, and 22 in 2010, WPSI data showed. For the second consecutive year, Maharashtra recorded the highest number of leopard deaths among all states with 22 cases (19 in road , three in train accidents) in 2019. On Monday evening, a four-year-old male leopard was killed in a road accident on the Pune-Nashik highway. which has been converted into four-lane road from two lanes. Maharashtra was followed by Uttarakhand (11 deaths), Rajasthan (10), Madhya Pradesh (9), Karnataka (7), and Gujarat (5) this year. “Between 2000 and 2009, leopard deaths due to road and railway did not exceed 20 a year. However, the situation has worsened over the last 10 years with more linear infrastructure planned inside and outside forests,” said Tito Joseph, programme coordinator, WPSI. “We assessed that the National Board of Wildlife (NBWL) under the environment ministry issued environment clearances for over 90% linear infrastructure projects (roads, railways, transmission lines, etc) in 2019 alone, which further jeopardises the future of big cats and other animals. It is high time that plans made on paper are implemented.” Wildlife biologist Vidya Athreya said, “We need to focus our efforts outside protected areas where such issues threaten conservation of wildlife much more.” The environment ministry said the NBWL had made it mandatory for user agencies to take up advisories issued by the Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun to address the problem of road and rail accidents. “All state chief wildlife wardens have been told that not a single project should be issued clearances without first identifying mitigation measures,” a senior official from the ministry of environment, forests and climate change (MoEFCC) said. |
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