December 31, 2020
Raj Kishore Chauhan, a resident of Kari Kot village in Bahraich district of Uttar Pradesh, lost his mother in a leopard attack two years back. “My mother aged 55 went out of the house to attend the call of nature early in the morning when a leopard dragged her away. It was most unfortunate,” he said.
The northern portion of Bahraich district bordering Nepal is part of the Terai, a landscape which witnesses a high degree of human-wildlife conflict with 26 cases per year. The maximum number of human deaths and injuries are due to tigers and leopards, the two big cats dominating the region. So, for people like Chauhan, it is living on the edge. They have to take all necessary precautions to protect themselves against sudden attacks