NEWSLINK: Uttarakhand villagers set fire to farm land to keep prowling leopard at bay

To keep prowling leopards at bay, villagers in Uttarakhand’s Bageshwar district set on fire the crop residue on nearly four-hectare agriculture land adjoining the reserve forest area late Thursday night.


Timely action by forest officials, however, prevented the fire from reaching the forest area or damaging the trees.

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