leopard

3 mn readFrequent sightings of leopard in Kumaon, Uttarakhand is creating terror among people. ‘I and my friends were returning home in evening, when we saw a leopard behind the shop, looking at us. We screamed, people gathered and it ran off. We avoided stepping out for few days after that’, said Raj. Raj lives with his family in Kumaon region. According to Sheila, Raj’s mother, there have been instances before where leopards were seen moving freely in outskirts of the village, but nowadays it has become a regular routine for them. Sheila had lost one of her family members because of leopard attack.