Leopard strays, creates panic in a Chhattisgarh market

September 30th, 2009 MUMBAI - Rangers of Borivali National Park near Mumbai rescued a leopard that had entered a residential area of Kandivili on Wednesday. The leopard reportedly entered the residential area during the early morning, and it reportedly mauled a local before being tranquillised and captured by the wildlife officials.

September 16th, 2009 RAIPUR - A crime branch squad arrested two people in Chhattisgarh's Kanker district Wednesday night while they were waiting to sell a leopard's skin to a customer. Acting on a tip off, a team led by crime branch officer D.S.

August 29th, 2009 JALPAIGURI - Three of the four leopard cubs which were born in the Dooars region of West Bengal's Jalpaiguri District were found dead 24 hours after birth. Workers of the tea gardens owned by PCM Company spotted the three lifeless tiny 'spotted beauties' on Friday.eportedly, the mother leopard had abandoned the cubs after delivering them on Thursday.

July 26th, 2009 JALPAIGURI - Forest officials in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri District have released a leopard they had captured on Saturday into a wildlife sanctuary here. The seven-year-old leopard was retrieved from a tea garden.

July 1st, 2009 BALLIA - Angry villagers on Tuesday killed a leopard, which had been creating havoc for quite some time in Rasra area of Ballia district of Uttar Pradesh. "Some people were sitting when suddenly the leopard attacked.

June 19th, 2009 DOARS - Forest officials trapped and tranquilized a leopard in West Bengal on Thursday as their rising population is creating a menace in the region. The 7-year-old leopard was trapped from a tea garden in the Doars region of the state.

April 28th, 2009 RANCHI - Zoo authorities in Ranchi have announced the birth of two leopard cubs. The cubs, one male and one female, were born on March 10 and are now being brought before the public.

March 10th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Leopard cats, which average the size of domesticated cats, have killed one person and injured at least 25 people in Uttar Pradesh's Balrampur district, officials said Tuesday. The leopard cats have triggered panic in Ramaipurwa and Manoharpur villages since Monday morning, divisional forest officer V.P.

March 3rd, 2009 LUCKNOW - A leopard that attacked and injured four people has triggered panic in Uttar Pradesh's Bahraich district, an official said Tuesday. The leopard strayed into Jagtapur village, adjoining the Katarniyaghat forest reserve, and has mauled four people since Monday morning, Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) R.K.

February 13th, 2009 SHIMLA - Four people were arrested from a Himachal Pradesh village near here and eight leopard skins were seized from them, police said Saturday. Police sources said the accused belonged to Shimla district and they purchased the pelts from a villager.

January 29th, 2009 RAIPUR - Nine villagers have been charged with beating a leopard to death in Chhattisgarh. T.A. Mathew, a sub-divisional officer of the forest department in Bastar district, said the animal was killed Jan 25 when it entered village Madhota, about 350 km from here.

January 26th, 2009 PATNA - A leopard was killed by villagers in Bihar Tuesday, a police officer said. The leopard was first stoned by the villagers and later beaten to death with bamboo sticks and iron rods.

January 19th, 2009 SHIMLA - A family in a Himachal Pradesh village was at its wits end when it came face to face with a leopard that strayed into their house late night. The big cat barged into the house of Prem Singh of Saranda village in Mandi district while chasing a dog.

January 12th, 2009 RAIPUR - Deer and leopard skins worth Rs.2 million were seized from two Chhattisgarh tribesman Tuesday, a police official said. Crime branch official Pradeep Sori said the police on a tip-off raided a village in Dhamtari district and arrested the two tribesman along with the contraband animal skins.

January 2nd, 2009 BHOPAL - Villagers in Dhar district of Madhya Pradesh killed a leopard, which attacked and injured at least six people including a woman in the past few days, officials said Saturday. 'The incident occurred Friday in Tarned village, six km from Dhar district headquarters, where the villagers attacked the wild cat with sticks and other weapons after it attacked and injured two persons critically,' said Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Raghvendra Shrivastava.