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The Gunsore man-eater after it was shot by British officer W. A. Conduitt on 21 April 1901. Credited with at least 20 human deaths, the leopard was killed on top of its last victim, a child from Somnapur village in the Seoni district, India. [1] Leopard attacks are attacks inflicted upon humans, other leopards and other animals by the leopard ...
Man-eating leopards are a small percentage of all leopards, but have undeniably been a menace in some areas; [8] one leopard in India killed over 200 people. [8] Jim Corbett was noted to have stated that unlike tigers, which usually became man-eaters because of infirmity, leopards more commonly did so after scavenging on human corpses.
This is a list of the deadliest animals to humans worldwide, measured by the number of humans killed per year. Different lists have varying criteria and definitions, so lists from different sources disagree and can be contentious. This article contains a compilation of lists from several reliable sources.
Human-wildlife interactions have occurred throughout man's prehistory and recorded history. An early form of human-wildlife conflict is the depredation of the ancestors of prehistoric man by a number of predators of the Miocene such as saber-toothed cats, leopards, and spotted hyenas.
The leopard population in Saudi Arabia is affected by the decrease of natural prey species so that leopards increasingly prey on livestock. Local people therefore consider leopards a threat and kill them either by using poison or snares. The leopard population is close to extinction in the country. [31]
A leopard was recorded by a camera-trap in Bamyan Province in 2011. The long-lasting conflict in the country badly affected both predator and prey species, so that the national population is considered to be small and severely threatened. [7] [8] [9] Between 2004 and 2007, a total of 85 leopard skins were seen being offered in markets of Kabul ...
Fueled by social media, the trade in big cats is thriving in Pakistan, where owners clamor to possess rare and dangerous animals such as lions, leopards, and tigers. Some are imported from South ...
Very little is known about the Zanzibar leopard's behaviour and ecology. [12] It has never been studied in the wild, and the last confirmed sighting of a living leopard was in the early 1980s. [13] Most zoologists have since presumed the Zanzibar leopard to be extinct or very nearly so. [3]