In an indication that all is not right in the animal world, there have been increasing instances of leopards straying into Mahbubnagar villages in search of food and water. In the last six months alone, as many as 10 big cats have entered human habitations and killed domesticated animals in different parts of Telangana.
Wildlife experts fear that there has been a gradual loss of habitat for the big cats, particularly leopards, due to increased human activity even in the wildlife sanctuaries in Telangana. Added to this is the prolonged drought that is drying up their waterholes and leading to a fall in the number of prey.
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The hunt for British Big Cats attracts far more newspaper column-inches than any other cryptozoological subject. There are so many of them now that we feel that they should be archived by us in some way, so we should have a go at publishing a regular round-up of the stories as they come in. Curated by Carl Marshall and Olivia McCarthy
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