Human-leopard conflict | 7th death: Woman killed in leopard attack in Junnar forest

Satpute said the villagers informed the wood section and teams were mobilised successful response. “Sujata was recovered dormant successful the tract with aggregate superior injuries. We person beefed up patrolling successful the area, deployed 30 trap cages, 15 camera traps and drone cameras to find and seizure the leopard,” helium said.

After aggravated villagers confronted the section wood section and constabulary officials who were visiting the area, leaders and officials assured them of capable measures being taken to minimise the interaction of human-leopard conflict, wood officials said.

Satpute said, “Considering the ample fig of leopards successful the vicinity of Kukdi and Ghod River, the Junnar wood section is appealing to residents of Junnar, Shirur, Ambegaon and Khed talukas to instrumentality precautions similar installing agleam lights astir houses and successful fields wherever possible, wholly clearing the writer screen connected some sides of the roadworthy astir the houses and fields, usage toilets successful the house, debar stepping retired earlier dawn and aft sunset arsenic acold arsenic possible, and if unavoidable, transportation a flashlight and a sturdy stick.”

5 erstwhile deaths

Before this, 5 deaths successful human-leopard struggle person been reported since March this year. In September, a 9 twelvemonth aged lad was killed successful Junnar’s Tejewadi village. In August, a pistillate (55) was killed and a husbandman (60) was injured successful 2 abstracted attacks by leopards successful Shirur taluka, which falls nether Junnar wood division. In April, an 18-month miss Sanskruti Kulekar was killed successful a leopard onslaught successful Shiroli Khurd colony successful Junnar taluka. In May, Rudra Fatale (8), whose household was visiting relatives successful Junnar’s Kolwadi, was fatally attacked by a leopard, and Nanubai Sitaram Kadale (60) was killed by a leopard erstwhile she was moving connected her bajra workplace successful Pimpri Pendhar. In June, Yash Suresh Gaikwad (11) was killed by a leopard successful Dahiwadi village, Shirur taluka.

Due to the increasing leopard colonisation successful Junnar forest, the authorities wood section has sent a connection to the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) to sterilise 36 pistillate and 11 antheral leopards arsenic a targeted commencement power method to bring down the complaint of colonisation growth.

In June this year, Pune District Collector had notified implicit 230 villages from 4 talukas of Pune district— Junnar, Ambegaon, Shirur and Khed — arsenic prone to catastrophe owed to repeated incidents of human-leopard conflicts successful which aggregate deaths and respective superior injuries were reported.