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Poaching of lepords
Why is it in news?
- At least 260 leopards were poached in the country between 2015 and 2018.
- Uttarakhand accounting for 60 cases and Himachal Pradesh reporting another 49, according to information given to Parliament by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC).
- Other states: Central Indian States like Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh also recorded a high number of cases of leopard poaching in the past four years
- Poaching of leopards was reported by 19 States including Assam and West Bengal in the east, Punjab in the West and Telangana and Tamil Nadu in the south.
Habitat
- Leopards are found throughout most of Africa and Asia from the middle east to the Soviet Union, Korea, China, India, and Malaysia.
- Leopards live in a variety of habitats including forests, mountains, grassland and deserts.
Source
The Hindu