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Villagers kill a leopard in Madhya
Pradesh
Dhar (Madhya
Pradesh): Villagers allegedly killed a leopard in
Madhya Pradesh's Dhar District after it tried to attack
several people. The leopard entered the village, about
eight kilometers from Dhar and attacked six villagers,
after which the panicked villagers attacked it back with
stones, swords and sticks. The villagers informed the
police immediately about the incident. When police officials
reached the venue, they were completely unarmed. While
the police officials and the villagers were waiting for
the officials of the forest department to arrive, the
leopard tried to escape and in the process injured another
villager. "We gathered around the fields and decided to
move further in a group but everybody was moving in parts.
Suddenly, it caught hold of a child. Seeing this, I couldn't
stop myself and jumped in to save the child. I had a sword
in my hand, which I pushed into the leopard's mouth, but
it still bit my hands. Thankfully the villagers came to
my rescue or else I would have died by now," said Pradeep,
a victim. Following this, the villagers attacked the leopard
with sticks, stones and swords. The animal struggled to
death in front of the police officials and also the forest
department officials who also arrived in the meantime.
"Our staff controlled the mob that started on the venue
because wildlife panics after seeing a mob. The injured
have been admitted to hospitals. Their treatment expenses
will be met by the forest department. Rupees 20, 000 will
be provided to each of the injured as of now. If more
will be needed then we will decide on that later," said
Raghuvendra Shrivastava, district forest officer, Dhar.
According to the police officials, post mortem was conducted
on the leopard. In recent years, incidents of wild animals
straying into urban areas have increased owing to loss
of habitat and increased human encroachment into forest
areas. In India, leopards are found all over the country.
The animal often enters human habitat in search of food.
It is illegal to kill leopards in India, an endangered
specie, often hunted for fur.
-Jan
3, 2009
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