Three persons were injured in separate incidents of leopard attack in the State on Friday.
While two youths were injured in a leopard attack in Rudraprayag district, one man was injured in a leopard attack at Raiwala in Dehradun district.
Two youths were reportedly attacked by a leopard in the Kamoldi village at Bachchansyun Patti in Rudraprayag district on Friday morning.
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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
Tuesday, 30 June 2015
NEWSLINK: Georgia police shoot tiger that killed man after zoo escape
Police in Tbilisi say a tiger that broke loose after severe flooding at a zoo in the Georgian capital over the weekend has been shot by marksmen after it killed a man and wounded another.
It has emerged that other animals may still be on the loose, amid conflicting statements from the government and zoo officials.
NEWSLINK: Cougar sightings on the rise in Metro Vancouver
An unusually dry spring has been linked to a dramatic spike in cougar sightings across B.C.
According to latest Ministry of Environment statistics, there were 389 reported sightings in May 2015, compared with an average of 221 for May over the previous four years. For April, the figure was 242 sightings, compared with the April average of 158.
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According to latest Ministry of Environment statistics, there were 389 reported sightings in May 2015, compared with an average of 221 for May over the previous four years. For April, the figure was 242 sightings, compared with the April average of 158.
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NEWSLINK: Eastern cougar is declared extinct nearly 80 years after last one was trapped and killed
The eastern cougar has been declared extinct almost eight decades after it was last seen.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says the big cat no longer warrants federal Endangered Species Act protections and should be removed from its endangered list.
The decision comes almost 80 years after an eastern cougar was trapped and killed by a hunter in Maine in 1938. None have been seen since.
NEWSLINK: School on alert after cougar sighting
An early morning cougar sighting in Nanaimo has a nearby elementary school on edge, according to Mounties.
The big cat was spotted in the backyard of a home on King Richard Drive, close to Departure Bay Elementary School, before 7 a.m. Wednesday.
Neighbour Don Varey said he could hear dogs barking from the yard next door, and when his daughter let their own dogs out she spotted the cougar behind a fence.
NEWSLINK/PHOTO: Possible panther sighting?
The large black feline was stalking the woman as she took snow-scene photographs on the edge of town.
Last week we revealed that local dog-walker Sarah-Kaye Hook spotted the black feline in the woodlands beneath Gala Hill.
Since our report, several readers have been in touch to say that they have also seen the panther-like creature in and around Gala Policies.
NEWSLINK: Fading Florida Panthers Need New Paths to Safety
Michael Sainato | June 25, 2015 04:43pm ET
Michael Sainato is a freelancer with credits including the Miami Herald, Huffington Post
and The Hill. Follow him on Twitter at @msainat1. Sainato contributed this article to Live Science's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights.
and The Hill. Follow him on Twitter at @msainat1. Sainato contributed this article to Live Science's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights.
A vanishing and elusive relic of nature, the cougar subspecies known as the Florida panther has been flirting with extinction in a dwindling wilderness for a century. With a habitat degraded to less than five percent of its historical range — veritable isolation in south Florida — wildlife conservationists estimate the panthers currently number between 100 and 200 individuals. With such a small population, experts believe the animal cannot maintain genetic diversity and survive.
For Florida panthers to expand their numbers, they need an expanded range, and as of this May, a corridor of protected lands are now linked, providing that needed space.
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