With no end to Man-Animal conflict incidents in Kashmir, fear is smearing among the local population in the Nichama area of Handwara in frontier district Kupwara, after a leopard attack on Monday claimed another life, the second in a span of two months.
This iconic and culturally treasured big cat is a good indicator species as it reacts quickly to habitat disturbances and its successful conservation requires long-term sustainable systemic solutions to threats affecting habitat quality.