Man-Animal Conflict

In 2006, a dozen people across Kashmir lost their lives in 70 incidents of what is being termed as the man-animal conflict .These deaths led to the retaliatory killing of 25 wild animals, mainly leopards, across the valley. The situation can only be expected to worsen as an ill-equipped Wildlife Protection Department tries to come to grips with the situation.

Update: According to this news report , as per statistics of Wildlife Department, 99 people were killed and 263 wounded in different incidents of man animal conflict in Varmul, Bandipora, Kupwara and Budgam during the past 13 years.Watch this space...


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2010

Bears injure 12 in Bandipore

2 hurt in leopard attack

2009

Humans responsible for rise in man-animal conflicts in Kashmir

Wild bear kills two Hizb guerrillas in Kashmir

Five injured in black bear attack in Ramban

Bear mauls woman to death

Beasts on prowl in Kashmir

Wildlife deptt faces shortage of men, material

Leopard kills boy, wildlife recommends shooting of beast

Man-animal conflict intensifies

Wildlife Deptt formulates plan for handling man-wild animal conflicts

Man-animal conflict intensifies

86 killed, 444 wounded in 5 yrs

2008 & Earlier

Bear mauls 2 women

Two wild animals killed after they injured four in Kashmir

Bear mauls 3 in Islamabad

Wild animals kill 60 in Kashmir in 3 years

Man-animal conflict: Authorities aim to 'shoot' animals, frontline staff to be trained

Wild animals on prowl in residential areas

Bear attacks woman in south Kashmir

Bear injures 3 in north Kashmir

Bear injures 2 more in south Kashmir

Bear injures 2 in south Kashmir

Demo against wildlife officials

Boy killed by leopard in south Kashmir

Bear on prowl in Uri, injures 3

Leopard on prowl, kills child, injures girl

3 killed by bear

Gone wild?

Leopard killed in Shopian

Police forms teams to nab man-eater leopard

Man-eater leopard remains elusive

Leopards maul two this week

Leopard mauls boy

The good bear and the bad bear

When humans roasted a live bear!

70 incidents of man-animal conflict in 2006

Fenced In, Kashmir's Leopards, Bears Stalk Villages