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Leopard giving nightmares to Bengaluru residents finally captured By IANS | Published on Mon, Feb 1 2021 19:42 IST | 0 Views Leopard giving nightmares to Bengaluru residents finally captured Image Source: IANS News Bengaluru, Feb 1 : After spending an anxious week, the residents of Prestige Song of the South, an upscale apartment in Begur, breathed a sigh of relief on Monday after the forest officials captured a leopard which was prowling inside the residential complex for over a week. A range forest officer from the K.R. Puram division (Bengaluru Urban) was put in charge of the operation of rescuing the leopard after the forest department officials saw CCTV footage which showed the big cat visiting the apartment complex from the nearby Bannerghatta forest. ....
Bhaskar Rao, ADG of Police (Internal Security) tweeted on Monday, “People in Begur apartments are surprised that a leopard came. they built it right in the forest. now they will kill it or blame Man Animal Conflict.and the Forest Department.” ....
Cage set up to trap leopard after second sighting Cage set up to trap leopard after second sighting BySridhar VivanSridhar Vivan / Updated: Jan 25, 2021, 06:00 IST Forest dept receives call at 9 am on Sunday about big cat spotting in Akshay Nagar The leopard scare continued to linger on with a few residents of Akshay Nagar claiming they had spotted the ‘elusive’ leopard on Sunday morning. Forest and police personnel who were part of the combing operation till late Saturday night had to resume the combing operation around Akshay Nagar. “After getting a call, we combed the area as there are a number of villas and vacant plots. But, nothing could be spotted,” an officer said. A cage was installed and a sheep has been put as bait near the vacant land between Prestige Song of the South apartment complex and Noble Residency. ....
The Straits Times India s leopard population goes up thanks to conservation and crackdown on poaching, but threats remain The government has maintained a 60 per cent increase in the leopard population over four years since 2014.PHOTO: AFP https://str.sg/JDa8 They can read the article in full after signing up for a free account. Share link: Or share via: Sign up or log in to read this article in full Sign up All done! This article is now fully available for you Read now Get unlimited access to all stories at $0.99/month for the first 3 months. Get unlimited access to all stories at $0.99/month for the first 3 months. ....
A leopard count with a missing benchmark number Updated: Updated: January 01, 2021 01:14 IST Assessing numbers of cats in select sites and monitoring areas they occupy over swathes will ensure a better overview Share Article AAA Assessing numbers of cats in select sites and monitoring areas they occupy over swathes will ensure a better overview “India’s leopard population increases by 60% in 4 years” [since 2014] is what most newspapers highlighted when a first-of-its-kind report on leopard numbers in the country was released recently. Unlike the fanfare and debates that would have rolled out with tiger numbers, there was hardly any discourse about this species. Like always, the leopard loses out to its larger cousin. However, to get a population estimate of an elusive carnivore at the geographical scale of 21 States in India is tricky and requires colossal effort. On this front, the entire research team has to be congratulated for completing ....