A leopard that entered a residential area in Mira Bhayandar in the early hours of Friday and triggered panic among residents has been captured by forest department officials, authorities confirmed. The big cat had strayed into a densely populated locality and attacked seven people before
"A five-year-old girl lost her life yesterday. It is extremely unfortunate that there are no lights installed in this village and no one from the government has come here so far," Mufti said.
The leopard pounced on Nimish as he played outside his home in Shevgaon Taluka, near Sangamner, and his mother, Revati Shinde, had to wrench the leopard's jaws from his neck physically.
After the Forest Department Rescue team successfully rescued a leopard that had entered the residential area of Pardi locality in Nagpur, injuring seven people, Maharashtra Forest Minister Ganesh Naik assured that all of the victims are now out of danger.
A four-and-a-half-year-old boy in the Nimgav area of Khed Tehsil, Pune, was attacked by a leopard near his house on Tuesday evening, around 8:30 pm, while he was playing, officials said.
Amid increasing leopard attacks in Pune district, terrified villagers in Pimparkhed in Pune's Shirur tahsil have adopted an unusual safety measure by wearing belts or collars fitted with sharp nails around their necks while working in the fields, and installing iron grills around their ho
The victim, Salima Begum, wife of Abdul Rasheed and a resident of Chuchatter, sustained multiple injuries, including superficial cuts, during the attack.
As many as five people were left injured in a leopard attack in Uttar Pradesh's Bahraich, officials said on Thursday. The injured people were rushed to a local hospital for treatment.
Four people, including three children, were reportedly injured in separate animal attack incidents in Uttar Pradesh's Bahraich, officials said on Friday.