Environmentalists welcome Uttarakhand HC order banning killing of big cats20 Dec, 2016, 11.27 PM IST
Finally, India gets a count of its leopard numbers: 12,000-14,000The exercise covered 3,50,000 sq km of forested habitat across the Shivalik hills and Gangetic plains, central India and the Western Ghats.
07 Sep, 2015, 10.46 AM IST
- Finally, India gets a count of its leopard numbers: 12,000-14,000
The first ever count of India’s leopards did not cover Gujarat, parts of Rajasthan and east India, and the entire northeast.
07 Sep, 2015, 08.58 AM IST
Leopard numbers across the country down by up to 80%, claims wildlife studyA study conducted by three wildlife scientists has found that the leopard population, has declined by a whopping 70-80 % over the past 100 ...
06 Apr, 2015, 11.11 AM IST
- Leopard numbers across the country down by upto 80%, claims wildlife study
A study conducted by three wildlife scientists has found that the leopard population has declined by a whopping 70-80 per cent over the pas...
06 Apr, 2015, 03.06 AM IST
Running wild in the cityAward-winning photographer Steve Winter was in Mumbai to capture an intriguing kind of leopard population — one that lives cheek by jowl wi...
21 May, 2014, 05.27 PM IST
NGO's mega initiative to save tigersIn a big boost to the forest department's efforts to strengthen protection mechanism, Mumbai-based Wildlife Conservation Trust (WCT) has an...
04 Sep, 2013, 01.02 AM IST
- Following recent attacks, Borda leopard to be recaptured
Officials of Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR) buffer zone have decided to recapture the collared Borda leopard suspecting it to behind r...
23 Aug, 2013, 02.07 AM IST
- Wildlife experts fear spurt in poaching crimes
Poaching of tigers and leopards in India seem to be growing by the year. Wildlife experts said that in 2013, India has already lost 19 tige...
31 Jul, 2013, 07.09 PM IST
- Problem leopards stranded for want of radio collars
Amid public and political pressure, forest officials captured three leopards — two females and a male on April 10, 27 and 29 near Agarzari,...
20 Jun, 2013, 01.14 PM IST
- Officials put microchips in two leopards
With serious problem surfacing in identification of man-eater leopard being hunted in buffer zone, forest department have decided to give u...
04 May, 2013, 01.05 AM IST
- Leopard released by foresters caused mayhem?
The forest officials may have unwittingly unleashed the mayhem at Agarzari near Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR) by releasing a 'man-eat...
20 Apr, 2013, 03.01 AM IST
Four leopards killed every week between 2001-10: StudyAn estimated four leopards were poached and their body parts sold illegally every week between 2001 and 2010 in India, a recent report from...
16 Oct, 2012, 02.39 AM IST
- Man-leopard conflict: Jairam writes to chief ministers
Observing that man-leopard conflicts have reached serious levels in many states, environment minister Jairam Ramesh wrote to chief minister...
26 Apr, 2011, 11.30 AM IST
- Needed: Rapid rescue teams for leopards
Experts say trained teams and a set of dos and don'ts are a must to save big cats that stray into towns & villages.
31 Jan, 2011, 03.26 AM IST
69 leopards dead in eight weeksIndia's leopard count has gone down by 69 in past eight weeks, with many poisoned, ensnared in traps, killed in accidents or became victims...
28 Feb, 2009, 08.55 AM IST
- Forest, local squad to curb leopard menace in Goa
Goa will form a joint squad of locals and forest officials to curb leopard menace that has been haunting the rural areas of Bicholim for al...
15 Jan, 2008, 03.33 PM IST