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Human-wildlife conflicts are a growing concern, especially in areas where human settlements and agricultural lands encroach upon natural habitats. Due to habitat loss and food scarcity, wild animals enter into human settlements. Recently, a terrifying incident of a man fighting off a leopard barehanded has gone viral on social media. Luckily, the brave man forced the big cat to retreat into a nearby banana plantation.

According to the reports, the 35-year-old man identified as Mihilal, a resident of Girdhari Purwa in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Kheri district, was working at a brick kiln on Monday. Suddenly, the leopard, who had t...