Status of Leopard Report

A recently released report ‘Status of Leopard in India' has shown a significant growth in the number of big cats. Released by Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar, the report highlighted that Madhya Pradesh has the highest number of leopards (3,421) in the country, followed by Karnataka (1,783) and Maharashtra (1,690). Notably, the leopard population of India has also increased by over 60% to 12,852 against the 2014 estimate, which recorded… read-more