AI alerts, cage traps, and sterilisation programme part of new strategy to curb big cat threat; the incidents had sparked anger among residents, who accused the forest department of negligence and staged a roadblock protest

Maharashtra Forest Minister Ganesh Naik on Wednesday visited Pimperkhed village in Shirur taluka, where recent leopard attacks have claimed multiple lives.

The incidents had sparked anger among residents, who accused the forest department of negligence and staged a roadblock protest. The protest was withdrawn after Pune District Collector Jitendra Dudi intervened. Read More

During his visit, Naik met the victims’ families and offered condolences. He directed officials to shoot any leopard confirmed to be a man-eater. “If a leopard becomes a man-eater , it should

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