Raids in two states have led to six arrests and the seizure of around 300 pieces of a so-called lucky charm whose trade depends on mutilating protected monitor lizards.
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A leopard deity worshipped in hilltop shrines may help explain how people in Mumbai live alongside one of the world’s densest populations of wild leopards.
A forest sanctuary in eastern Rajasthan is turning out to hold tigers with cubs alongside nearly 30 identified leopards, a combination that conservationists say makes it a key site for helping the state’s tigers recover.
Forest officials have vaccinated two female leopards against pregnancy and released them back into the wild, in a trial meant to ease conflict with people without killing or removing any animals.
Researchers have shown that the urine and scat tigers and leopards leave behind carry chemical clues to an animal’s species, sex, age and reproductive state, details that camera traps often miss.
A leopard that broke into a house in Himachal Pradesh’s Sirmaur district on Friday, going after a dog inside, stayed trapped in the room for the next 36 hours before forest officials could safely tranquillise and release it back into the wild on Sunday.
Eight South Asian governments adopted a joint declaration in Kathmandu committing to share intelligence and trace the money behind wildlife trafficking networks, days after Indian customs officers wrapped up a ten-day sweep across five states.
A leopard that forest officials believed was unconscious after being hit by a vehicle near Davanagere sprang awake mid-rescue on Tuesday and attacked the official trying to tranquillise it.
Hotels and safari operators around Jawai can no longer sell a stay on the promise of a leopard sighting.
A thread by a wildlife conservationist is going viral on X, claiming that Uttarakhand forest officials have issued orders to kill leopards and bears found responsible for fatal attacks on people.