Junnar: To tackle the rising human-leopard conflict and overcrowding at rescue facilities, the Junnar Forest Department has started relocating leopards to Gujarat. In the first phase, 20 leopards were sent to the Greens Zoological Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre (Vantara) in Jamnagar.
Over the past decade, the Junnar Forest Division has seen an increase in leopard attacks on humans and livestock. Several animals captured from sensitive areas of Junnar and Shirur were kept at the Manikdoh Leopa...Read More