Andhra Pradesh: Leopard kills six-year-old girl in Tirumala
The girl, identified as Lakshitha, had gone missing on Friday night near the Narasimha Swamy temple while coming to Tirumala on the Alipiri walkway
The girl, identified as Lakshitha, had gone missing on Friday night near the Narasimha Swamy temple while coming to Tirumala on the Alipiri walkway
The search for two man-eater leopards has hit a snag due to the short battery life of thermal sensor-equipped drones.
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.
The poaching of these protected animals has shot up in Odisha with the seizure of around 50 leopard skins in the last two years. Of the seizures, the STF alone has accounted for the seizure of 32 skins.
The residents have been warned by forest officials to stay indoors and go outside only in groups.
The poaching of these protected animals has shot up in Odisha with the seizure of around 50 leopard skins in the last two years. Of the seizures, the STF alone has accounted for the seizure of 28 skins. AS per official estimate, the leopard population in Odisha stands close to 800.
