Aman Zutshi
A feline has killed 14 sheeps in Mandhar village along the LoC in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir late in the night and left a trail of terror in the remote village.
The incident happened when a Leopard late night entered in the sheep pen of one Mohd Hanief son of Mohd Sharief Gujjar of Mandhar, Poonch and killed all the 14 sheep, goats there.
The incident has spread across the village and the victim has suffered losses in lakhs.
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Leopard attacks are attacks inflicted upon humans, other leopards and other animals by the leopard. The frequency of leopard attacks on humans varies by geographical region and historical period. Despite the leopard’s (Panthera pardus) extensive range from sub-Saharan Africa to Southeast Asia, attacks are regularly reported only in India and Nepal. Among the five “big cats”, leopards are less likely to become man-eaters—only jaguars and snow leopards have a less fearsome reputation. However, leopards are established predators of non-human primates, sometimes preying on species as large as the western lowland gorilla. Other primates may make up 80% of the leopard’s diet. While leopards generally avoid humans, they tolerate proximity to humans better than lions and tigers, and often come into conflict with humans when raiding livestock.
Indian leopard attacks may have peaked during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, coinciding with rapid urbanization.[4] Attacks in India are still relatively common, and in some regions of the country leopards kill more humans than all other large carnivores combine.
