Villagers kill leopard in Bihar

October 1st, 2009 Police: Indian rebels kill 16 villagersPATNA, India — Maoist rebels killed 16 people, including five children, in an early morning attack Friday on a rural village in the eastern Indian state of Bihar, a police official said. Security forces were combing the villages and forests around the attacked village, Amosi Bharen, in search of the rebels, said Additional Director General of Police Neelmani, who uses only one name.

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.

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 5th, 2009 DOARS - Forest officials trapped a leopard that strayed into a tea estate in Doars in West Bengal. Forest officials said the animal might have come out in search of food.

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.

May 7th, 2009 RAIPUR - People in Fafadih Market, one of the busiest areas of this Chhattisgarh capital, were shocked Thursday when a leopard strolled into the area. The forest officials were able to tranquilize and trap the animal only after an eight-hour effort.

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 22nd, 2009 PATNA - Villagers, angry over being denied a meeting with Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, attacked a Bihar minister Friday who escaped unhurt but his six security guards suffered injuries, the police said. Minister of State Mines and Geology Ram Chandra Sahni was attacked by the angry villagers at Madhuban in East Champaran district.

January 3rd, 2009 BHOPAL - A team of forest officials has been deputed to trace wild cats in the Tarned village of Madhya Pradesh's Dhar district after a leopard was killed by the villagers there. The villagers had Friday killed a leopard which injured at least six people, including a woman during the past few days.

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.