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‘260 leopards poached since 2015’
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According to information given to Parliament by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC), 260 leopards have been poached since 2015
Important Facts:
1. 64 cases of leopard poaching were recorded in 2015, 83 in 2016, 47 in 2017 and 66 till October 2018
2. Poaching of leopards was reported by 19 States. Uttarakhand recorded highest number of poaching cases (60) followed by Himachal Pradesh (49)
3. According to the Delhi based Wildlife Protection Society of India, 163 cases of poaching and seizures of body parts were recorded in 2018- an increase from 159 in 2017
4. In recent past, several incidents of leopard deaths due to road and rail accident have taken place in states like Maharashtra and Karnataka.
