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To deal with leopard attacks, training conducted for Emergency Response Units in Junnar

January 30, 2026 10:07 pm

Participants were trained on how to reach leopard attack incident spots immediately, in coordination with forest, police and health department, to ensure public safety.

Man-leopard conflict prompts Rajasthan government to launch helpline

January 29, 2026 6:14 pm

Forest Minister Sanjay Sharma said that a “1926” helpline is being established.

Cages at essential locations, blowing sirens: Leopard threat prompts safety measures for Koregaon Bhima anniversary event

December 27, 2025 10:35 am

Pune district collector Jitendra Dudi said the forest department will conduct a survey of the area before the January 1 event and install cages at the essential locations.

Bhayander: Panic as leopard enters residential complex, attacks seven people; rescued after seven hour operation

December 19, 2025 9:58 pm

Incident latest in a spate of leopard attacks and sightings in Maharashtra’s expanding urban and peri-urban areas.

After fatal attack on 8-yr-old in Junnar, leopard captured at same location

December 17, 2025 10:12 am

In the two villages Pimparkhed and Jambut of Shirur taluka three tragic deaths occurred due to leopard attacks between October 12 and November 1. Shivanya Bombe (5) on October 12, Bhagubai Jadhav (70) on October 22 and Rohan Bombe (13) on November 1 lost their lives.

Leopard kills 8-year-old boy in Pune's Junnar, third child fatality in region within 2 months

December 16, 2025 11:13 am

Previous incidents involved the deaths of two other children and an elderly man, leading to public outrage and protests against increasing leopard attacks in the Junnar area.

Smell-based repellent among several innovations to tackle leopard menace at agri trade fair in Pune

December 11, 2025 6:50 pm

The Maharashtra Forest Department has begun procuring the repellent at the Kisan Agri Show in Moshi, Pune, to mitigate human-leopard conflicts.

Maharashtra Forest Minister Ganesh Naik says man-eater leopard should be shot at sight; 200 cages to be installed

November 12, 2025 3:47 pm

With leopard attacks growing in Pune and Ahmednagar districts, the Maharashtra Government is under pressure from the public to act decisively.

Pugmarks, drone vision, sniffer dogs and skilled marksmen: How relentless pursuit took down 'maneater' leopard

November 06, 2025 12:11 am

The male leopard aged above five years was shot dead after attempts were made to tranquilise it with a dart but the animal turned aggressive and charged at the team leaving them no option but to open fire around 10.30 pm on Tuesday, forest officials said.

LEOPARD ATTACK VIDEOS

Leopards of Rudraprayag | Revisiting the man-eating leopard(s) of Rudraprayag | Uttarakhand

June 22, 2020 6:22 pm

It’s 100 years since a leopard that would become “the best-hated and most-feared animal in all India”, in Jim Corbett’s words, made its first human kill.

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