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Authorities in Junnar have captured a male leopard following a series of fatal attacks on children

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.

A third child death in just over two months was reported in the Junnar forest division after an eight-year-old boy was mauled by a leopard in Mangrul Pargaon (Representational). (File)

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.

After leopard kills nine-year-old, Gujarat forest officers tell village’s farm labourers to work in groups, ‘avoid unnecessary movement’

November 25, 2025 4:19 pm

The leopard was captured on Monday and taken to a shelter facility

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.

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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.

Remove leopards from Schedule I of Wildlife Protection Act: Shirur MP Amol Kolhe

November 03, 2025 11:26 pm

Speaking to reporters in Shirur, Kolhe said, ''We have been told that the Forest Minister has organised a meeting in this regard tomorrow (Tuesday)"

Shoot-at-sight order issued for leopard in Shirur after 13-year-old boy's death, Pune-Nashik highway blocked as anger spills to road

November 03, 2025 7:29 pm

Residents demand a permanent solution to the human-lepopard conflict in the Junnar forest division after a 13-year-old boy's death.

The leopard roaming in a field at Jagatpur captured by a resident.

Leopard attacks calf in Delhi's Jagatpur village: ‘Fear that humans may be targeted...’

October 28, 2025 10:37 am

The documentary evidence of a leopard’s presence was first recorded on June 15 via a camera trap set up by a wildlife enthusiast, since then the frequency of its sightings have increased with one again on June 24

Ajit Pawar says 50 leopards to be sent to Vantara after rise in attacks on humans

October 16, 2025 10:45 pm

On October 12, a six-year-old girl was killed in a leopard attack in Shirur taluka, the third such death in 2025.

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.