On 3 May 2026, a man was killed by a leopard in Kumeria village in Uttarakhand. The attack happened in daylight. It was not the first such death this year.
conservation policy
India’s land records classify open grasslands as “wasteland” because they carry no trees. That single word is why the Great Indian Bustard is disappearing, why the blackbuck needs reintroduction programmes, and why the cheetah has no secured wild habitat to return to.