Tag: Leopard
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Woman fights off leopard, saves daughter in Tamil Nadu
A woman bravely fought off a leopard to save her 11-year-old daughter at Valparai in the district, police said today.
May 26, 2018 -
Raiwala’s killer leopard declared man-eater
The fear of a man-eater leopard continues to haunt local people living in and around Raiwala, on the Haridwar-Dehradun-Rishikesh highway. In a fresh incident a labourer was killed by a leopard in the affected area on Monday morning. Thirty-seven year old Kala Singh and seven other persons were sleeping on roof of a forest post …
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May 21, 2018 -
Leopard near Siliguri mall keeps town on edge
Panic continued to grip the Check-Post area at Sevoke Road in Siliguri on Thursday after forest officials failed to track down a leopard that had strayed near a popular shopping mall on Wednesday evening. The forest department has laid a cage with a goat as bait at the Salugara forest range under the Baikunthapur Forest …
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May 4, 2018 -
Leopard found dead in tea garden
The body of a sub-adult female leopard was found at a tea plantation under the Naxalbari Block in Siliguri Sub-Division on Monday. Foresters said it may have died in infighting, as the animal has injury marks on its body. The manager of the Merryview tea plantation, Manoj Tyagi, said a leopard was seen eating a …
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April 10, 2018 -
Another leopard moved to rescue centre
The Raiwala-Motichur-Nepali farm area in Haridwar with a large leopard population continues to be in the limelight. Another leopard that had strayed in was tranquilised and when the forest department team inspected it found canals of the jungle cat damaged and an injury on right leg. The symptoms indicate that the leopard was a man-eater. …
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February 3, 2018 -
Snow leopard project to be expanded
The elusive snow leopard will get more attention from the Wildlife Department in Himachal Pradesh as more areas where it has been sighted in the past are being included in the conservation camapaign. The snow leopard, a graceful golden-eyed animal with thick fur, padded paws and a long tail, is found in the rocky regions …
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February 1, 2018 -
2 poachers arrested with leopard skin
Two persons from Haryana were arrested by the police on Sunday for allegedly smuggling leopard skin from Solan district of Himachal Pradesh. Police said the arrests were made on Sunday from a hotel in Solan. “We have received a tip-off that some persons were trying to sell leopard skin, after which a raid was conducted …
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January 22, 2018 -
The one that got away
We were returning from a long and singularly luckless outing in the jungle on elephant-back, and had almost reached the road to the rest house. There was a wide patch of lantana and tall grass between us and the road, with a flat-topped rock to one side of it, and the leopard lay stretched at …
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January 7, 2018 -
Maharashtra: Woman mauled to death by leopard
A 25-year-old woman was mauled to death by a leopard in Jalgaon in north Maharashtra, official said on Friday. Deepali Jagtap, a resident of Varkhed in Chalisgaon tehsil, was mauled to death on Wednesday by a leopard while she was working in an agriculture field, said Chalisgaon sub-divisional officer (SDO) Sharad Pawar. Irate locals brought …
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November 17, 2017 -
Leopard enters Maruti’s Manesar plant
A leopard was spotted early this morning in Maruti Suzuki’s plant in Manesar here following which police and forest officials cordoned off the premises and launch a search for the wild cat, the police said. The leopard was found roaming inside the ‘Engine Department’ at around 4 am by a security personnel on duty. Thousands …
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October 5, 2017 -
Dog walks out of toilet after sharing six hours with leopard!
A dog shared space in toilet with a leopard for six long hours and walked out alive to surprise one and all in Almora on Monday. The incident took place in a locality near the RTO office. Basant Singh Keda woke up at 3.45 am on Monday and headed for bathroom. He heard some sound …
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August 21, 2017 -
Leopard strays in residential area in Kishtwar, captured
A leopard strayed in a residential area in Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district triggering panic among the locals, but was later captured. “We had received several complaints from the locals about the presence of a leopard. The animal was reportedly on the prowl in Drabshalla area for the last 15 days and had attacked cattle,” …
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July 29, 2017 -
Leopard mauls woman to death in HP
A 74-year-old woman was allegedly mauled to death by a leopard in Recong Peo area of Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh. Police said that the incident took place on the intervening night Friday-Saturday in Ribba area when the woman was sleeping alone in her room. “The woman identified as Lapsar Devi was found missing from her room …
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May 29, 2017 -
Four held with skin of tiger and leopard in Chhattisgarh
Four persons were arrested on Sunday and skin of a tiger and a leopard, worth lakhs in international market, were seized from them in Chhattisgarh's Kanker district, police said on Monday. Acting on a tip-off, police arrested Mahattam Dahivele (50), Puneet Ram Nagwanshi (45), Chainlal Yadav (25), and Santosh Dhruv (26) from Bhanuprtappur police station …
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May 29, 2017 -
Big cats face same threats as extinct Ice Age ancestors
Big cat species, especially African lion and Sunda clouded leopard, face the same challenges as their ancestors that went extinct towards the end of the last Ice Age, a new study says. The team researched the cause of extinction of seven large cats from the Ice Age including four different types of sabre-toothed cats. The …
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May 11, 2017 -
Leopard killed in Bilaspur, head, legs found chopped
A male leopard was found killed in Barmana area of Bilaspur district of Himachal Pradesh, around 120 km from here with its head and legs chopped off. Police said the incident came to light on Wednesday when locals noticed the dead body of leopard lying at ACC Cement factory’s mining site in Panjgain area of …
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May 3, 2017 -
Leopard shuts down Nepal’s only international airport
Nepal's only international airport was on Monday briefly closed after a leopard was seen moving on the runway, disrupting flight operations. The pilot of Buddha Air had informed the Air Traffic Control at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu about the movement of the leopard on the runway at around 7:45 am, said TIA spokesperson …
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April 3, 2017