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WTI Rapid Response Team Rescues Conflict Leopard in Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh
Sultanpur Forest Division, Uttar Pradesh, May 30, 2017: A Rapid Response Team established under WTI's Terai Tiger Project yesterday assisted the UP Forest Department in tranquilising and capturing a male leopard that had strayed into a house in Bhelara village, Kadipur Range, Sultanpur Forest Division. Read more »
Injured Adult Male Leopard Brought to CWRC for Treatment
On the night of May 9, officials of the Bokial Forest Beat, Golaghat Forest Division trapped an adult male leopard that sustained several injuries in its efforts to escape the trap cage. The leopard was brought to CWRC for treatment on May 10. Read more »
Conflict Leopard Rescued, Released into the Wild by Assam Forest Department and CWRC MVS Team
Tinsukia, Assam, April 30, 2017: A Mobile Veterinary Service (MVS) unit of CWRC rescued a female leopard that had strayed into a house in Chabua village in the Tinsukia district of Assam on Friday, April 28. The leopard was transported to a location deep within the Joypur Reserve Forest and released back to the wild yesterday. Read more »
MVS Team Helps Provide Conflict Leopard Safe Passage Back to the Wild in Jorhat
Jorhat, Assam, March 5, 2017: Working in concert with the Assam Forest Department (AFD), a Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) Mobile Veterinary Service (MVS) team recently helped resolve a conflict situation by assisting a leopard that had strayed into a human settlement return safely to the wild. Read more »
RAP Addresses Human-Leopard Conflict and Fall in Leopard Numbers in Rajasthan’s Jaipur District
Jaipur, Rajasthan, January 30, 2017: Leopards occupy the highest trophic level in the forests of Rajasthan’s Jaipur district. The best stealth predators among India’s big cats, they are highly adaptable and particularly adept at living close to human habitations. Read more »
MVS Bandipur Assists Karnataka Forest Department in Release of Maddur Conflict Leopard
Moolehole Range, Bandipur Tiger Reserve, September 16, 2016: At around 8.00am yesterday, Wildlife Trust of India’s Mobile Veterinary Service (MVS) unit at Bandipur Tiger Reserve received a call from Mr Abhilash, Range Forest Officer, Maddur, regarding a leopard that had been caught in a cage trap near Berambadi village. The […] Read more »
Predator Alert: Attacks on humans by leopards and Asiatic black bears in the Kashmir valley
The purpose of this Conservation Action Series report is to suggest measures which could be employed to reduce this conflict. The report presents the findings of a comprehensive survey and suggests both short term and long term measures to improve the situation vis-à-vis human-wildlife conflict. Read more »
Carnivore Conflict: Support Provided to Leopards Involved in Conflict-related Cases in Maharashtra
The most common reaction to human–leopard conflict is their trapping and translocation to nearby forests. This Occasional Report documents the technical and veterinary support provided to the Maharashtra Forest Department during the capture and translocation of leopards from conflict areas. It recommends science-based action keeping in mind the ecology of […] Read more »