Wildlife | In Maharashtra, a leopard’s head was trapped in a steel pot for five hours, later rescued

There are an estimated 13,874 leopards in India (consultant).

Dhule, Maharashtra:

A male leopard’s head was caught in a steel pot for 5 hours in a village in Maharashtra’s Dhule district.

Vary Forest Officer Swetha Sonavane informed ANI on Sunday that the terrified large cat struggled unsuccessfully for 5 hours earlier than forest officers calmed it down and eliminated the pot from its head. .

“A male leopard spent 5 hours with its head caught in a steel pot in a village in Dhule district. It was later rescued by the forest division,” he mentioned.

# See | Maharashtra: A male leopard spent 5 hours with its head caught in a steel pot in a village in Dhule district, later rescued by the forest division: RFO Swetha Sonavane.

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— ANI (@ANI) March 3, 2024

In response to the ‘Standing of Leopards in India, 2022’ report launched by the Union Setting Ministry on February 29, there are an estimated 13,874 leopards in India, up from 12,852 in 2018.

In response to a report launched by the Ministry of Setting, the variety of leopards within the nation was 12,852 in 2018, which elevated by 8 p.c to 13,874 in 2022.

Whereas the best variety of leopards was reported in Madhya Pradesh (3,907), solely three different states reported greater than 1,000 animals every – Maharashtra (1,985), Karnataka (1,879) and Tamil Nadu (1,070). Whereas Uttarakhand reported a 22 per cent decline within the variety of large cats – allegedly because of poaching and human-animal battle, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and West Bengal noticed a mixed improve of 150 per cent because of 349 animals had been born.

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