Mysore/Mysuru: In the last three years, 65 leopards have been captured/rescued in Mysuru district, including three in January 2023. “We have implanted a microchip on the leopards that were caught last month after making a ‘V’ shape cut on its ear tip and have released them back into the wild. We are tracking their movements…
Two more leopards trapped in ‘Tumkur cage’ at T. Narasipur taluk
February 10, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Two female leopards have been trapped in a huge cage placed by the Forest Department at Musuvinakoppal village in T. Narasipur taluk this morning. Musuvinakoppal village is one of the villages in T. Narasipur taluk, which was declared as a red zone, following deaths of four persons in the leopard attacks in the recent…
DC orders shoot at sight on killer leopards
January 23, 2023Five killed in big cat attacks since three months Mysuru / H.D. Kote; A total of five persons have been killed by big wild cats (leopards and tigers) since Oct. 31, 2022, with the latest being a tiger killing an 18-year-old boy near Balle Elephant Camp in H.D. Kote yesterday. While the four leopard attacks…
Search on to trace the elusive leopards in CFTRI premises
January 6, 202310 cameras installed, cage placed Two civet cats spotted inside compound Mysuru: Following leopards scare in CFTRI campus, the Forest Department personnel have launched a search operation to trace the leopards but in vain. Though 10 cameras have been installed at various places in the CFTRI campus, none of the cameras have captured the movements…
Two leopards create panic inside CFTRI campus
January 4, 2023Holiday declared for CFTRI School Mysuru: Two leopards loitering inside the CFTRI campus in the heart of the city have created panic. The felines were spotted at 1.30 am on a road between the CFTRI School and a building nearby. The leopards were spotted by security person Prabhakar, who was on his night rounds yesterday…
Leopards trapped in Mysuru, Pandavapura
December 30, 2022Mysuru/Pandavapura: Two leopards, one each in Mysuru and Pandavapura, have been trapped in cages placed by the Forest Department. While one male leopard, aged about five years was trapped in the cage at Madhavagere village in Mysuru taluk yesterday morning, another leopard was trapped at Chikkakoppal village in Pandavapura taluk yesterday afternoon. This is the…
Leopards on the prowl in agri field
June 4, 2022Residents of Hadajana and Uttanahalli villages in Mysuru taluk have spotted leopards roaming in the field of one Swamy of Hadajana village in broad daylight since three days. The agricultural field is very close to the above two villages and the residents are afraid to come out of their houses, fearing the leopards on the…
Leopards trapped at villages in Hunsur, Nanjangud
November 11, 2021Hanagod/Malkundi: Two leopards that had created fear at Vaddambalu village in Hunsur taluk and at Kurihundi village in Nanjangud taluk have been trapped separately by the respective Forest Department staff. In the first incident, a six-year-old leopard, which had created fear among the farmers and residents of Vaddambalu village in Hanagod hobli and surrounding places…
60 percent rise in leopard population: Status report
December 22, 2020Karnataka stands second in country New Delhi: Releasing the status report of leopards, Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Prakash Javadekar has said that increase in tiger, lion and leopard numbers over the last few years was a testimony to the conservation efforts and of the fledgling wildlife and biodiversity of the country. He…
Living together as man and wildlife
November 29, 2020Man-animal conflict occurs when wild animals pose a direct threat to human livelihood and safety. Usually this leads to persecution of that species, be it tigers, leopards, elephants and even wild boars. This conflict is one of the main threats to the continued survival of many species and is also a threat to local human…
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