Leopard management plan on anvil; Punjab to do wild cat census, while Haryana issues advisory in Mewat region
Leopards straying into Punjab from Himachal and into Haryana from Rajasthan have made the governments of both states sit up and take notice.
With neither a precedence to follow nor expertise to tackle the problem, wildlife departments of both states have now sought help of the Wildlife Institute of India (WII), Dehra Dun, to draft a leopard management plan. Besides, Punjab is planning a census of the wild cat, while Haryana has issued advisory in the Mewat region.
Death of two leopards, one in Ropar and the other in Hoshiarpur, in the last one and a half month had alarmed the authorities. Chief Wildlife Warden of Punjab Gurbaaz Singh says he has suggested to the government that before embarking on a plan it is important to first find the number of animals that have strayed into Punjab. ?For this, we have planned to undertake a census of the animal this year. The exercise will also help us zero in on the areas where the number is more,? he adds.
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