Leopards

GS PAPER II: Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation, environmental impact assessment.

Context: Three leopards were found dead under suspicious conditions in Belawadi village limits on the outskirts of Mysuru.

Status of leopards in India, 2018

• India’s leopard population increased by 60% in 4 years”, since 2014.
• Status of leopards in India, 2018, mentions that the country has 12,852 leopards.

• Main threats: Habitat loss due to mining and quarrying, poaching for body parts, mortality due to vehicular collisions, retaliatory killing due to human-leopard conflict and accidental deaths due to snares set for catching wild prey.

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/three-leopards-found-dead-on-the-outskirts-of-mysuru/article34619647.ece?homepage=true