Diu: The Diu Collector issued a notification on Wednesday cautioning tourists in the coastal town about the possible wild animal attacks by lions or leopards. A week ago, a lion roar was heard in the union territory, and later, a leopard was spotted roaming in the 489-year-old Diu Fort. The Collector, in a public notice, has warned against venturing close to Kevdi, Dangawadi, and Nagoa villages during the evening and night due to the high risk of wild animal attacks in these areas. The distri...Read More

Sanand: A leopard has been sighted in the vicinity of Kalhaar Blues and Greens residential cluster, situated in Sanand town of Ahmedabad. The reports of leopard sightings have left the residents apprehensive, and the forest department on high alert. Residents of neighboring villages near Sanand have also reported similar sightings. However, the forest officials have not found any concrete evidence of leopard activity in the area so far. A forest official mentioned that despite reports from In...Read More

Junagadh: Lili Parikrama of Girnar commenced on Thursday on Devuthi Ekadashi. However, in sad news, an 11-year-old girl died after she was attacked by a leopard on the Parikrama route earlier this morning. In what might be the first such incident of a wild animal attack on a pilgrim during the annual Lili Parikrama, an 11-year-old named Payal Laxmanbhai Sakhan was dragged away by a leopard in the Bawar Kot area of Bordevi in the early morning hours. Despite an extensive search by the family i...Read More

Narmada: The locals killed a wild leopard after it repeatedly attacked several persons including a forest department employee at Navagam (Panuda) in Dediapada. A leopard entered the residential area of Navagam (Panuda) in Dediapada and attacked four persons including a forest staffer. The four persons tried to combat the panther but they got injured. The locals later killed the leopard after it attacked several persons in the village, it is learnt. The injured per...Read More

Valsad: The incidents of leopard attacks are increasing day by day in Gujarat. In the last 24 hours, two incidents of leopard attacks have been reported in Valsad district. In one incident, the owner of the house risked his life to save his family by confronting the leopard. Yesterday in Velwach village of Valsad, a leopard fatally attacked two women who are currently receiving treatment at the hospital. Today, in Kachigam, a leopard entered a house and fatally attacked a sick young man, but his...Read More

Valsad: Stray dogs were caught in a cage that was set up to capture a leopard in Mograwadi village of Valsad district in South Gujarat. The Forest Department had placed cages at three locations in Nanakwada and Mograwadi areas in Valsad to capture a leopard that was on the move. A hen was used as bait inside the cage to lure the leopard. However, two stray dogs mistakenly entered the cage in Mograwadi upon seeing the hen. They caught up inside the cage. People in the vicinity gathered after h...Read More

Chota Udepur: After a leopard killed two children within eight days, some villages of Bodeli have gone into self-lockdown, and villagers are not even sending their kids to schools. The forest department has planted 14 cages to catch the big cat. The villagers have written to district authorities that they are scared to send their children to schools, and after dark, even the adults don't venture out of their homes. We hope the forest officials catch it at the earliest, a resident told a newsp...Read More

Junagadh: A 7-year-old girl died after a Leopard grabbed her in Sonardi village of Junagadh district. A 7-year-old girl named Mannat Rathod was going to a river with her grandparents to wash clothes at around 10 am in Sonardi. Meanwhile, a Leopard jumped from the bushes and grabbed her by her neck and took her. The locals started searching for her after learning about the incident. They found her body from the river bed. They took her to the hospital, where she was declared dead. DeshGujarat ...Read More

Saputara: Gujarat’s lone hill station, Saputara, has witnessed a remarkable incident. In this incident, a pet dog tied outside the house by the owner managed to scare away a leopard trying to prey on him by offering fierce resistance. This entire encounter between the leopard and the pet dog was captured by a CCTV camera. The owner of Sai Lila Bungalow in Saputara had chained his pet dog on Wednesday night outside the home on Wednesday night for security reasons. A leopard, who was on the p...Read More

Surat: A 50-year old man survived after resisting the attack of a panther at Kalibel village in Mandvi taluka in Surat. A panther suddenly came out of a sugarcane farm and attacked on the man named Umed Bhimasiya Chaudhari (age 50), living in Nishal faliya at Kalibel in Mandvi taluka. He resisted the panther's attack constantly for 5 minutes, following which the panther finally left from there. The locals gathered after hearing the shouts and admitted him to Mandvi government referral hospit...Read More