Bardiya, Dec. 26 -- A series of leopard attacks has spread fear across Bardiya district, with three people killed within the past one month and renewed concerns over human-wildlife conflict.

On Wednesday, Parbati Dangi, aged 50, of Baidi in ward 10 of Barbardiya Municipality, was killed by a leopard while cutting grass in the nearby Phenapati Community Forest. The animal, according to the local people, mauled her throat, killing her on the spot.

Thirty-two-year-old Dinesh Tharu of ward 10 in Daphaiya of Barbardiya was mauled to death while he had gone into the Simrawa Community Forest on December 17. His body was later found with severe injuries to the chest, neck and thigh.

Earlier on November 28, fifty-nine-year-old Gopi Tharu of war...