Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Prakash Javadekar released the Status of Leopards in India on Monday.The estimation of leopards in the country went on concomitantly with the fourth cycle of the All India Tiger Estimation, whose detailed report was released on Global Tiger Day this year and declared to the nation by the Prime Minister on Global Tiger Day in 2019.
India now has 12,852 leopards as compared to the previous estimate of 7910 conducted in 2014.More than 60% increase in population has been recorded.The States of Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, and Maharashtra recorded the highest leopard estimates at 3,421, 1,783, and 1,690 respectively.
