SNS protest against increasing attack of Leopard on Children Wildlife authority assure to declare predator man eater

Shimla Nagarik Sabha today staged  a  protest against the
rising incidents of attack by the leopard in the urban areas of state mostly on small Childrens however
state wildlife authority said that it would provide suitable compensation ot the affected family and
declare the child predator man-eater  

SNS have given the call of ‘ghero the State Wildlife and  Chief Conservator of Forest  Office
here today on the recent incident of  killing of a  five-year-old child from Downdale area of Shimla
by the leopard in Shimla town on Nov 4.

Mr  Vijendra Mehra, Kapil Sharma, Satyawan Pundir, Anil Thakur, Suresh Pundir, Chandrakant Verma,
Ramakant Mishra, Balak Ram, Kishori Dhatwalia, Dalip Singh, Himi Devi, Shanti Devi, Nitish Rajta,
Utkarsh, Poorna Chand etc. were present in the performance.

A delegation of the gathering met the Chief Conservator and DFO Wildlife and submitted a
memorandum to him. The meeting lasted for about an hour.

All the top officers of the Forest Department were  present in the meeting. The SNS has
demanded that the leopard be declared a man-eater.

 Proper arrangement of fencing, cameras and street lights should be made in the areas
adjacent to the forest of the city. Financial assistance of at least ten lakh rupees should be
given to the families of the victims of Downdale and Kanlog accidents.

SNS convenor  Vijendra Mehra and Secretary Kapil Sharma have expressed surprise
over such accidents in the heart of Shimla city and termed it as a complete failure of
the State Government, Municipal Corporation Shimla and Forest Department.

He said that no citizen is safe in Shimla Municipal Corporation and its surrounding areas.
as the Leopard attacking people in the heart of the town

The most surprising thing is that leopards are roaming freely in the residential areas
of the city like Down Dale, Nabha, Fagli and Kanlog and the forest department is not doing
anything except issuing senseless statements.  

SNS wanted that department to ensure that the leopards attacking the kids are still not prowling
in the town to hit other children and people ensuring to control and identify its location.

Wildlife authorities said that they have put a trap to cage the man eater leopard soffar it is evading the
traps since the child was prey by the Leopards. SNS sabha said that it is very rare that Leopard
attack the kids when the town was bustling with the crackers and lights on Diwali nights should have been
probed .

The official of the forest department told the SNS that a Leopard which was moving in the territory of
less than ten kilometers for the last three months and attracting the kids would be declared the maneater
following the wildlife guidelines. The Officials also said that all bushes which hide out for the
leopards would be cleared in a time bound manner. The efforts would be done to clear all the landfill
sites and empty dampers as the Leopards are being attracted into the town to prey on the stray dogs
and  monkeys around such landfill sites.

Special coordination would be made in the peripheral areas to install street light and put up fencing to
stop the entry of wild animals into human habitations . Beside the wards environment committee would be constitute
to ensure the proper collection of garbage and illegal dumping in the open places.

The officials also ensured to provide Rs four lakh to the affected family as par the forest manual and additional
assistance to affected families should be ensured by the wildlife authority on attack of wild animals in the town.