Villages in Jharkhand, India, are in the grip of terror as a man-eating leopard kills five people in separate attacks.
Man-Eating Leopard Kills Five Villagers
Recent attacks by a bloodthirsty leopard have left 150 villagers in fear as locals are wary not to expose themselves to becoming victims of the feral predator, reported India.com.
Villages in Jharkhand have been subjected to constant terror and fear because of the predator's threats, which get worse as it begins to consume human flesh in the areas they roam.
About five people were attacked and killed by this leopard in 25 days in the territories involved. It especially has impacted the resident close to the Palamu Tiger Reserve area and Garhwa district, and many are afraid of the predators, noted the Deccan Herald.
Villagers in the area where attacks have occurred that most would not leave their houses when the sun set after dark. The big cats would stalk their prey. All stay indoors at night because of this.
Children who were supposed to attend school have been affected by the panic caused by the ferocious animals. Working in fields alone is not allowed; they go in groups wherever they leave their homes, citing the Dailyhunt.
Leopards in India Are Getting Bold
According to sources, the Forest Department says that only one animal has gotten the habit of hunting people and has killed these five people. Many believe that more than one animal is making all the killing of late.
Most wildlife experts have thought the spate of these big cats hunting and killing humans is a grave concern. Typically these predators stay away from human habitations and hunt other animals for their prey.
One of the reasons for such a shift in big cat behavior is an imbalance in the habitat and food sources which affects them. Details were given to IANS by the Garhwa Southern Forest Division officer Shashi Kumar; he added that it's just one leopard in the area which has been going to villages to attack people. He gave the information. Kumar also remarked that they would start a search to tranquilize the big cat and capture it.
Details were released that the Hyderabad-based wildlife expert and shooter Nawab Shafat Ali Khan, with his son Haider Ali Khan, and Telangana-based shooter Sampath were engaged in patrolling where the animals were last spotted.
Indicated that shooting the animal dead is the last option but trapping it is the objective of the hunt for the man-killing leopard. About 50 to 60 cameras were spread out to see where the beast would be next. A total of 50 to 60 forest workers are involved in the search for the elusive animal.
Trappers have set four cages where the big cat would probably go. Traps in other places weren't able to catch the animal too.
Last December 10, a 12-year-old girl was attacked at Ukamad village in Latehar district. The second attack occurred on December 14, when a 9-year-old child was attacked in Rodo village of Garhwa district. The third incident happened in Ranka block, where a 7-year-old girl died in a leopard attack on December 19.
On another occasion on December 28, a leopard killed a 12-year-old boy at 6 pm at Kushwaha village.In the first week of January, an older man got killed close to the Palamu Tiger Reserve.
A spate of incidents wherein man-eating leopard in Jharkhand, India kill five people is alarming to experts.
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