Conflict with leopards on the rise in Karnataka
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Earlier this month, a leopard was trapped for nearly nine hours in a washroom with a dog in Dakshina Kannada. Surprisingly, it left the place without injuring the dog.
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File Photo by H.S. MANJUNATH The recent instances of leopards entering human territory and creating panic among locals in different parts of the State underline an increase in human-animal conflict owing to urban sprawl and unchecked decimation of wildlife habitats.
Two leopards being spotted in Bengaluru (one at an apartment complex at Begur and another at Kengeri) and eventually trapped, a leopard sauntering into a medical college staff quarters in Chamarajanagar, and a big cat chasing its prey only to get trapped inside a toilet in Mangaluru these are just some of the incidents reported in the past few days.