India, Dec. 1 -- Following the Supreme Court's (SC's) November 8 judgment allowing individual owners to retain possession of private forest lands in Maharashtra, the state forest department is prepari... Read More
India, Dec. 1 -- A spike in leopard sightings across Junnar and Shirur tehsils and the surrounding areas-both during the day and at night-has caused visible anxiety among residents, casting a shadow o... Read More
India, Dec. 1 -- After a week of relatively mild nights, the city woke up to a sharp chill on Sunday, November 30, as the minimum temperature plunged to 9.8degC, down steeply from 14.2degC the previou... Read More
India, Nov. 27 -- A four-and-a-half-year-old boy, Devansh Yogesh Gavhane, was injured in a leopard attack in Nimgav, Khed tehsil, on Tuesday around 8:30pm. The leopard reportedly grabbed the child by ... Read More
India, Nov. 26 -- A fresh leopard sighting at Pune Airport early Tuesday has once again pushed the forest department to intensify surveillance and revisit its preparedness for managing increasing huma... Read More
India, Nov. 24 -- Adding to concerns over mounting leopard sightings and attacks across Pune district, a boy, 15, was injured in a leopard attack in Khed tehsil Saturday evening. The boy, who sustaine... Read More
India, Nov. 22 -- In a significant step to strengthen prey populations in the Sahyadri Tiger Reserve (STR), authorities translocated 79 chitals (spotted deer) to Chandoli National Park on Saturday, No... Read More
India, Nov. 21 -- A female tigress, Chanda (T-20-S-2) brought from Tadoba, was released into the wild in the Sahyadri Reserves on Thursday morning after completing a scientifically supervised acclimat... Read More
India, Nov. 20 -- Wildlife forensic analysis has confirmed that all three hair samples collected by the Junnar Forest Division in connection with a recent leopard death case belonged to the same adult... Read More
India, Nov. 20 -- Renowned ecologist Madhav Gadgil has justified the killing of leopards involved in attacking humans saying that people have the right to defend. "If a human breaks into your home an... Read More