Rise in leopard, tiger attacks on livestock, wildlifers say urgent mitigation measures needed | Goa News
Keri: Wildlife experts have called for urgent mitigation measures to counter the rise in attacks on livestock by leopards and tigers. The past month has seen a jump in such incidents in the Mhadei basin areas of Sattari and Dharbandora. Wildlifers have said that the poor prey base has been the reason for the occurrence. Wildlife biologist AJT Johnsingh submitted a report to the state forest department suggesting mitigation measures like enhancing the population of sambars to bring tigers back to the forests. He said no sincere efforts have been made in this direction, due to which leopards and tigers…