Leopards reign terror in hills of Uttarakhand, 3 killed in 3 days
2 years ago

Leopards reign terror in hills of Uttarakhand, 3 killed in 3 days

Hindustan Times  

Three, including two minors, were killed in leopard attacks in separate incidents in the past three days in Uttarakhand. Divisional Forest Officer Dhrub Singh Martolia, Civil and Soyam forest division, Almora, said, “It was a tragic incident and we handed the minor’s body to his relatives on Friday after post-mortem. On November 16, a forest official was suspended and booked under Wildlife Protection Act, of 1972 after he shot a tigress who entered the Marchula market in Almora district. The forest department officials claim that Dheeraj Singh, a forest guard of Mandal range of the Corbett Tiger Reserve, fired two rounds on the ground to scare the animal away but it hit the thigh of the tigress which killed her.

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Uttarakhand: Leopard responsible for death of 3 children killed in Tehri Garhwal
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Uttarakhand: Leopard responsible for death of 3 children killed in Tehri Garhwal

Hindustan Times  

A leopard responsible for the death of three children in Uttarakhand’s Tehri Garhwal region was killed by shooters of the state forest department on Tuesday evening, forest officials said. A postmortem of the leopard will be carried out before the carcass is burned by our officials”, Bhilangana range officer Ashish Nautiyal said. On October 19, the leopard was responsible for …

Katarniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary: Leopard that killed farmer, trapped, later released into wild
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Katarniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary: Leopard that killed farmer, trapped, later released into wild

Hindustan Times  

The forest department successfully trapped the leopard after the killing of a farmer, in the wee hours of Monday. Forest department veterinary expert, Dr Deepak Verma, said that the captured leopard is a healthy, adult male, and added that the animal would be released as per the decision of higher authorities. The leopard said to be killed a farmer, trapped …

Bijnor: Eight-year-old girl mauled to death by leopard
5 months, 1 week ago

Bijnor: Eight-year-old girl mauled to death by leopard

India TV News  

In a shocking incident, an eight-year-old girl was mauled to death by a leopard in a forest area in Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh. Naib Tehsildar of Dhampur Vivek Tiwari on Sunday said Sunita of Mandori village had gone to the forest with her eight-year-old daughter Divyanshi to cut grass along with other women on Saturday evening. A 14-year-old boy died in …

Night patrol, rescue centres: Pushkar Dhami chairs meet on rising leopard attacks
11 months, 1 week ago

Night patrol, rescue centres: Pushkar Dhami chairs meet on rising leopard attacks

India Today  

Expressing concern over rising incidents of leopards attacking children in various areas of Dehradun, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami warned of strict action against Forest Department officials for their negligence in preventing such tragedies. During a meeting in the state secretariat, Dhami said cages should be installed to catch animals in incidents of human-wildlife conflict and directed that night …

3-year-old killed in leopard attack in Uttarakhand village
11 months, 3 weeks ago

3-year-old killed in leopard attack in Uttarakhand village

India Today  

A three-year-old boy was killed in a leopard attack in Singli Village of Dehradun in Uttarakhand, leading to panic and anger among the villagers. Despite an overnight combing operation launched by family members and locals, the child's body was found on Wednesday morning. At around 8 am on Wednesday, we found the body in a very bad condition,” the child’s …

Leopard mauls seven-year-old boy at Valparai
1 year, 1 month ago

Leopard mauls seven-year-old boy at Valparai

The Hindu  

A seven-year-old boy, son of a migrant worker, suffered injuries in a leopard attack at Valparai within the limits of the Anamalai Tiger Reserve on Monday, November 6, 2023. The Department has formed a 12-member team to monitor the leopard movement in the tea estate and instructed tea estate management to ensure that workers do not dump meat waste around …

Leopard mauls two-year-old boy to death in Gujrat's Gir Somnath
1 year, 4 months ago

Leopard mauls two-year-old boy to death in Gujrat's Gir Somnath

Firstpost  

After an extensive search, the body was recovered from the bushes, about 500 metres from Jadhav’s house, Veraval in-charge range forest officer Khiman Pampaniya said A two-year-old boy has been mauled to death by a leopard in Gujarat’s Gir Somnath district, a forest official said on Tuesday. After an extensive search, the body was recovered from the bushes, about 500 …

Madhya Pradesh: Father risks life, saves 4-year-old kid taken away by leopard
1 year, 4 months ago

Madhya Pradesh: Father risks life, saves 4-year-old kid taken away by leopard

India TV News  

A father risked his life to save his 4-year-old son from a Leopard attack in Madhya Pradesh's Chacharia village, which falls in the buffer zone of Umaria-Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve. The 45-year-old Ram Prasad Singh Gond was sleeping with his 4-year-old son Ravi Shankar when a leopard entered the house at around 3 am and took the child away. As they …

4 dead in tiger attacks since March 31 in Dudhwa
1 year, 6 months ago

4 dead in tiger attacks since March 31 in Dudhwa

Hindustan Times  

Dudhwa was witnessing a rise in human-animal conflicts, which has caused at least four human casualties since March 31, officials said. A 10-year-old boy was mauled to death by a tiger in the Katarniaghat forest range of the Katarniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary, which is a part of the Dudhwa Tiger Reserve, in Bahraich on Thursday evening In the latest incident, Shiv …

Jharkhand: 20-year-old Man Killed by Leopard in Garhwa, Fourth Death in 3 Weeks
1 year, 11 months ago

Jharkhand: 20-year-old Man Killed by Leopard in Garhwa, Fourth Death in 3 Weeks

News 18  

A 20-year-old man was killed by a leopard in Jharkhand’s Garhwa district, the fourth such death in the last three weeks, an official said on Thursday. It is suspected that all four people were killed by the same leopard, he said, noting that the Garhwa forest division was finalising a draft proposal to declare it a man-eater. The leopard attacked …

Leopard Kills Six-year-old Girl in Jharkhand's Palamu, 3rd Incident in Last 10 Days
2 years ago

Leopard Kills Six-year-old Girl in Jharkhand's Palamu, 3rd Incident in Last 10 Days

News 18  

A six-year-old girl was killed by a leopard in Jharkhand’s Garhwa district, the third such incident in Palamu division in the last 10 days, an official said on Tuesday. The big cat attacked the child, identified as Sita Kumari, when she went to attend the nature’s call adjacent to her house in Sevadih village in Ranka area, around 210 km …

K'taka Govt Announces Rs 15 Lakh Compensation to Kin of Woman Killed by Leopard in Mysuru
2 years ago

K'taka Govt Announces Rs 15 Lakh Compensation to Kin of Woman Killed by Leopard in Mysuru

News 18  

Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Saturday announced a compensation of Rs 15 lakh to the family of a woman, who was killed in a leopard attack in a village in Mysuru district recently. With incidents of leopard attacks in Bengaluru as well as Mysuru being reported recently, Bommai said he has directed the forest department to deploy dedicated teams …

Leopard attack victims' families to get ₹15 lakh compensation: Karnataka CM
2 years ago

Leopard attack victims' families to get ₹15 lakh compensation: Karnataka CM

Hindustan Times  

Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Saturday said all efforts are being made to stop leopard attacks in the state capital vicinity and announced a compensation of ₹15 lakh for families of those killed in these attacks. "Compensation will also be provided to the families of those killed in leopard attacks, as was given to the families of those killed …

Bommai announces Rs 15 lakh compensation to kin of woman killed by leopard in Mysuru
2 years ago

Bommai announces Rs 15 lakh compensation to kin of woman killed by leopard in Mysuru

Deccan Chronicle  

Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Saturday announced a compensation of Rs 15 lakh to the family of a woman, who was killed in a leopard attack in a village in Mysuru district recently. With incidents of leopard attacks in Bengaluru as well as Mysuru being reported recently, Bommai said he has directed the forest department to deploy dedicated …

Leopard declared ‘man-eater’ days after ‘killing’ Uttarakhand man
2 years ago

Leopard declared ‘man-eater’ days after ‘killing’ Uttarakhand man

Hindustan Times  

Uttarakhand’s wildlife warden has declared a leopard that allegedly killed a 58-year-old man in Almora on Tuesday a “man-eater” for its elimination, an official said on Friday. Officials said one Mohan Ram was out to bring cattle from a forest when he was mauled to death. Our priority will be to tranquillise and cage the big cat first,” said Mahatim …

Elderly man attacked by leopard in Uttarakhand's Almora, dies
2 years ago

Elderly man attacked by leopard in Uttarakhand's Almora, dies

India Today  

A 58-year-old man was killed after being attacked by a leopard in Ranikhet Tehsil of Uttarakhand's Almora. The incident happened in Daina village when a leopard dragged away an elderly man from near his house. The elderly man identified as Mohan Ram has been reportedly missing since yesterday, following which a search was conducted. The team of the forest department …

Uttarakhand: Leopard kills 12-year-old boy in Tehri
2 years ago

Uttarakhand: Leopard kills 12-year-old boy in Tehri

Hindustan Times  

A 12-year-old boy from Aldi village in the Ghansali region of Uttarakhand’s Tehri district was attacked and killed by a leopard while he was returning home after playing with friends on Sunday evening. “The family members of the deceased boy called the police after he went missing, following which a joint team from revenue police, Ghansali police station and the …

16-month-old was following her mother to temple, killed by leopard
2 years, 2 months ago

16-month-old was following her mother to temple, killed by leopard

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: A 16-month-old girl following her mother to the temple was killed by a leopard in Aarey colony early on Monday. Forest officials said an exercise to trap the leopard will be started after the young girl’s last rites “The mother of the victim had gone to a temple at 5.45 am on Monday near their house and Itika followed …

Villagers attack leopard to death in Kerala’s Idukki district
2 years, 3 months ago

Villagers attack leopard to death in Kerala’s Idukki district

The Hindu  

A leopard, which had been on the prowl at a forest-side village in Idukki and feasted on the livestock of the villagers, was killed by local residents on September 3. The incident took place at Mankulam village early when the beast attacked Gopalan, a resident of the Chikkanamkudy tribal colony near here. Even as the man mounted a counterattack using …

Uttarakhand forest dept ropes in hunter to kill ‘maneater’ leopard in Pithoragarh
3 years, 2 months ago

Uttarakhand forest dept ropes in hunter to kill ‘maneater’ leopard in Pithoragarh

Hindustan Times  

After clamping night curfew, the Uttarakhand forest department has now roped in hunter Harish Dhami to kill the maneater leopard in Pithoragarh district. Bhargav said after the leopard killed an eight-year-old girl in Bajeti ward of the town, the forest department had installed a cage near the place. On September 30, the Pithoragarh administration had extended the night curfew by …

Leopard kills woman in Udaipur; third attack in three days
3 years, 3 months ago

Leopard kills woman in Udaipur; third attack in three days

Hindustan Times  

In the third such attack in three days, a leopard mauled a 60-year-old woman to death on Wednesday evening when she was working in her fields near the Sita Mata Wildlife Sanctuary in Rajasthan’s Udaipur district. Around two dozen incidents of human-animal conflict have been reported in Udaipur over the last two years and left five people dead and 15 …

Leopard Kills Minor Girl in Jammu and Kashmir's Ganderbal
3 years, 5 months ago

Leopard Kills Minor Girl in Jammu and Kashmir's Ganderbal

News 18  

A minor girl was mauled to death by a leopard in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Sunday, the second such incident in as many months in the Valley, police said here. A police official said Munazah Shabir, aged around four, was snatched by the wild animal from a car in the Zazuna area of the central Kashmir district. A …

38-year-old man killed by leopard in Uttarakhand’s Pauri
3 years, 6 months ago

38-year-old man killed by leopard in Uttarakhand’s Pauri

Hindustan Times  

A 38-year-old man was mauled to death by a leopard in a village of Uttarakhand’s Pauri district on Tuesday. Mukesh Sharma, divisional forest officer, Pauri said, “Thirty-eight-year-old Dinesh Chandra was attacked by a leopard in the morning near his house. In the first week of November last year, a 21-year-old woman was killed in a leopard attack in Champawat district. …

Leopard Mauls 8-Year-Old Boy to Death in Chhattisgarh's Dhamtari
3 years, 7 months ago

Leopard Mauls 8-Year-Old Boy to Death in Chhattisgarh's Dhamtari

News 18  

An eight-year-old boy was mauled to death by a leopard in Chhattisgarh’s Dhamtari district on Saturday, a forest official said. The incident took place in the forest near Mukundpur village under Nagri development block in the morning, when the boy identified as Ashish had ventured into the jungle with some locals to collect wood, the official said. A leopard lurking …

Gujarat: Minor girl killed in leopard attack in Amreli
3 years, 9 months ago

Gujarat: Minor girl killed in leopard attack in Amreli

India TV News  

A three-year-old girl was mauled to death by a leopard at a village in Gujarat's Amreli district, a forest official said on Wednesday. The incident took place around 9.30 pm on Tuesday in Hemal village under Jafrabad taluka when the girl and some other children were playing outside their houses. A leopard suddenly pounced upon the girl and dragged her …

Man-eater leopard that killed 2 women shot dead in Uttarakhand's Pithoragarh
3 years, 9 months ago

Man-eater leopard that killed 2 women shot dead in Uttarakhand's Pithoragarh

Hindustan Times  

A man-eater leopard, which killed two women in Pithoragarh last month, has been shot dead by a hunter engaged by the Uttarakhand forest department, an official said. The leopard was shot dead by a forest department appointed hunter Rajeev Soloman in Kanalichhina block on Tuesday evening," said Naveen Chandra Pant, sub-divisional forest officer of Pithoragarh forest division. On February 28, …

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