M.M. Hills: A 10-year-old boy from Bengaluru was killed in a leopard attack this morning between Indiganatha village and Nagamale in the forested stretch leading to Male Mahadeshwara Temple in Male Mahadeshwara Hills. The route is frequently used by devotees undertaking a padayatra to the hill shrine. The deceased is Harshith. He was trekking to…
Formed after fatal attacks on humans, specialised teams handle 3,949 complaints Mysore/Mysuru: Formed two years ago to tackle the growing leopard menace in Mysuru district, the Leopard Task Force (LTF) has emerged as a highly effective wildlife rescue unit, responding to nearly 4,000 complaints and safely capturing 220 leopards involved in human-wildlife conflict across several…
Sujatha of Siddarthanagar, who saved her mother-in-law from the leopard, to be honoured with Kittur Rani Chennamma Bravery Award next year Bengaluru: Minister for Women and Child Development Lakshmi Hebbalkar has lauded the courage and bravery of Sujatha, a resident of Siddarthanagar in Mysuru, who risked her life to save her aged mother-in-law from a…
Wild cat seeks refuge indoors to escape summer heat, spotted by domestic help Mysore/Mysuru: A leopard sneaked into a house on Vinaya Marga in Siddarthanagar, in the heart of Mysuru city, yesterday morning, triggering panic among residents. Forest officials later captured the animal and shifted it to the Chamundi Wild Animals Rescue, Rehabilitation and Conservation…
Mysore/Mysuru: Recounting the tense moments following the rescue, homeowner Sujatha Suresh described how a routine morning turned into a life-threatening situation at her Siddarthanagar residence. “We usually keep the front door shut. Yesterday morning, it was open for barely five minutes and we had no idea a leopard had entered,” she said. According to Sujatha,…
Mysore/Mysuru: Residents of Siddarthanagar had alerted Forest officials about a suspected leopard sighting as early as 6 am yesterday. A rapid response team was deployed and combed the area, but found no pugmarks or supporting CCTV evidence. Officials initially suspected that the animal may have been mistaken for a civet cat and called off the…
Chamarajanagar: The Forest Department personnel have captured the leopard aged between two and three years which had attacked and killed a pilgrim on padayatra near Taalu Betta at the foot of Male Mahadeshwara (MM) Hills on Jan. 21 morning. The big wild cat was tranquillised and captured by the Forest Department near Rangaswamy Vaddu yesterday…
Chamarajanagar: The Forest Department officials and staff have arrested a person, who had allegedly poisoned a leopard to death. The arrested person has been identified as 60-year-old Doreswamy of Homma village in the taluk. The decomposed carcass of the leopard aged between five and six years was found at an agricultural field on the outskirts…
Mysore/Mysuru: A leopard attacked a stray dog and carried it away at Belavadi on the outskirts of the city late last night. The incident was captured on a CCTV camera installed at a nearby house. Residents have lodged a complaint with the Forest Department and submitted the CCTV footage as evidence. The footage shows the…
Photos of leopard on tree and drinking water are fake Mysore/Mysuru: Photos of a leopard sitting on a tree near Railway Workshop in Ashokapuram and a leopard drinking water in a residential area, which are being widely circulated in various social media platforms, are fake and generated through Artificial Intelligence (AI). Deputy Conservator of Forests…
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