India, Nov. 12 -- As part of its proposal to relocate 50 leopards to the Vantara animal rehabilitation facility in Jamnagar, Gujarat, the Junnar forest division has identified 20 leopards for the first phase of transfer. These leopards were captured from the Shirur and Junnar tehsils over the past one-and-a-half month and are currently housed at the Manikdoh Leopard Rescue Centre (MLRC) in Junnar.

Significantly, the Junnar forest department on November 10, 2025 received approval from the Central Zoo Authority (CZA) to relocate 50 leopards to the Vantara facility. The proposal to relocate the leopards comes hard on the heels of an alarming rise in the human-leopard conflict in Pune district. Meanwhile, a team from Vantara arrived in Junna...