Lives of others

Wildlife is more of an academic concern except when the charismatic tiger is wiped out from a protected forest or our favourite fish vanishes …

Leopard dies after getting caught in poachers’ trap in Odisha

The iron trap laid to catch a wild boar dismembered the three-year-old big cat’s left leg and injured him severely before killing him

‘India has to change its attitude towards leopards’

Leopard expert, Vidya Athreya responds to alarming report on leopard mortality, says finger-pointing must end

Leopard rescued from heart of Jammu city after it mauls three

An adult leopard has been brought to the Manda rescue centre in Jammu after injuring three people in the city

Carcass of leopard found in a reservoir in Odisha

Forest officer says six-feet-long male leopard may have choked on fishing nets in deep waters

Leopard kills forester in Uttarakhand; authorities suspect it to be a man-eater

The staff of the Rajaji Tiger Reserve was attacked in the Motichur range in Raiwala area

International Leopard Day 2023: Website dedicated to rosette cats launched

The website aims to enable higher awareness, promotion and celebration of leopards worldwide

India gets protocol to assess Snow Leopard population

No date has been set yet for process reserved only for tigers, rhinos and elephants until now

African leopard sighting raises hopes for their conservation in southern Cameroon

Although the Congo Basin was previously thought to be a stronghold for leopards, they are now believed to be absent in many parts of this region

Fourth 'unnatural' leopard death in Odisha this year

Environmentalists in the state have raised concerns about the safety of the animals given that poaching is rampant

No need for a new, separate leopard census, say experts

This is when leopard deaths in India have reached a five-year high, with over a third poached

‘Ghost villages’ of Uttarakhand report mass migrations for the fear of leopard attacks 

One man-eater hunted last week; Villagers claim no help from forest department 

At least 22 leopards poached in Odisha in a year, say forest officials

As many as 20 leopard skins were seized and two more cases of poaching of the animal were reported 

Why are leopards in Rajaji turning man-eaters?

Leopards in the Rajaji National Park have killed over a dozen people in the past year. Why is the big cat choosing humans over its natural prey?

Benagaluru attack latest in expanding list of human-leopard conflict

Changing land-use patterns, urbanization and development have brought several man-wildlife conflicts to the fore as an increasing number of wild …

Sterile measure: Is Maharashtra and Gujarat’s plan to sterilise leopards and prevent conflict with humans feasible?

Critics say investing time and financial resources to sterilise wild leopards may not be wise; cite a number of reasons

Leopard killed, skinned amid COVID-19 lockdown in Kashmir

The animal was killed in retaliation after it attacked a village in Kulgam district and injured several people

'Don't misunderstand the leopard'

Few wildlife enthusiasts have tracked leopards more closely or known them more intimately than jonathan and Angela Scott, who have made the …

Action against poaching: Odisha plans DNA profiling for leopards

The exercise will help ascertain and trace the origin of the crime in case of leopard deaths

Tibetan snow lion is a symbol of political authority: Jamyang Norbu

Tibetan political activist and writer delves into history to talk about mythical creature’s origins

We hope to see Amur leopards back across their historic range in two decades: Taisiia Marchenkova

Down To Earth speaks to Taisiia Marchenkova, a researcher in the Land of the Leopard National Park in Russia, on the Amur leopard, the ‘…

India's killer wire snares

New analysis reveals the damage done to wildlife by poachers' wire snares over the past one decade 

International Snow Leopard Day: Why we celebrate it

It is a reminder to us that it is our collective responsibility to conserve the species and its ecosystem

'Animals and humans have shared spaces in India long before 1972'

In the aftermath of a tragic incident in Maharashtra's Junnar, where 5 leopard cubs were burnt to death unknowingly by a farmer in whose field …

2 leopard skins, bones recovered in Odisha, 1 arrested

At least 155 leopards have been poached across Odisha in the last 10 years