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   From: alt.fan.jai-maharaj@googlegroups.com   
      
   INDIA LOSES 176 LEOPARDS IN THREE MONTHS   
      
   By Archana Jyoti   
   The Pioneer, dailypioneer.com   
   Tuesday, April 17, 2018   
      
   New Delhi -- In the last three months, India has lost an   
   alarmingly number of 176 leopards with at least one-third   
   of them falling prey to poachers in forests across the   
   country.   
      
   According to the Wildlife Protection Society of India   
   (WPSI), till  April 11, 2018, the maximum mortality has   
   been reported from Uttarakhand with 38 deaths followed by   
   Maharashtra (32) and Madhya Pradesh (11). Hill State,   
   Uttarakhand, also topped the charts with highest number of   
   seizures with 10 skins, skin pieces and bones of three   
   leopards.   
      
   Tito Jopseph, programme manager at WPSI said that till   
   April  11, 2018, across the country, at least 11 spotted   
   cats were killed by villagers while 26 succumbed to road   
   and train mishaps and 55 were found dead due to various   
   reasons. Overall, mortality has been reported from 22   
   States. Mortality is a category when a leopard or tiger is   
   found dead due to diseases or unknown causes, shot by   
   forest department or police, killed by villagers, killed in   
   road or train accident, killed in rescue operation or   
   during treatment, infighting, accidental electrocution.   
      
   Continues at:   
      
   http://www.dailypioneer.com/nation/india-loses-176-leopards-in-t   
   ree-months.html   
      
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