New Delhi, Feb. 17 -- In India, the human-leopard conflict is increasing day by day due to a number of factors. The tea estates of North Bengal, the Zawar mines area of Rajasthan and a few districts of Uttarakhand are known for this menace.

A study, Charting risk pathways of leopard attacks on people: A decision tree approach, based in Himachal Pradesh, points out the extent of the problem in this mountainous state. The study was published on January 7, 2025 in the international journal, Human Dimensions of Wildlife.

This was a practitioner-based study, said lead author Shweta Shivakumar. "The state of Himachal Pradesh was chosen because even though about 30 attacks happen to people here in a year, no research was either carried out or ...