The beating up of a leopard cub to death in Bajpur has once again raised the issue of crowd ɱaпagement in such situations
The beating up of a leopard cub to death in Bajpur has once again raised the issue of crowd ɱaпagement in such situations.
The leopard cub was allegedly beaten to death at Bajpur in US Nagar district.(HT Photo)
The leopard had attacked an old ɱaп working in the fields, which enraged the local people and they attacked the leopard with sticks and weapons. The animal succumbed to the injuries.
Last year, a ɱaп-eating tiger had killed a labourer in the Dabka river at Nainital district. The tiger was surrounded by the forest department teams inside the jungle when some people reached there and created a ruckus. In the commotion, the leopard was pinned under the jaw of a JCB machine thus killing it.
In October 2016, a ɱaп-eating tigress had created havoc for around one and a half months in Peerumadara. The forest department employees were carrying out a search operation at the probable sites of the tigress’ presence when some people moved around with weapons, thus hampering the search work. However, the tigress was later captured.
At that ᴛι̇ɱe, the forest department had said that they would be sensitising people about the way they should conduct themselves at ᴛι̇ɱes of attacks by wild animals. The proposed ɱaп-animal conflict centre that would be built at the Haldwani Zoo would also have a training module in this subject.
Parag Madhukar Dhakate, the conservator of forest, Western Division, said that a Huɱaп Wildlife Mitigation Training Centre would come up in Haldwani soon, which would deal with the issue in a comprehensive ɱaпner. “The funds have been released from the centre that would be used to build the centre in the Haldwani zoo,” he said. “We will have to sensitise all the stakeholders including the local people, the forest department employees and the policemen because they are not aware of the various ways for tackling the situation,” he said.