Right now I'm working on those reasons. It's fundamental to understanding and putting repairs in place to this problem. There have been hundreds and hundreds of deaths in the area that is Nepal and northern India over the last twenty years, we're still collating figures.
Fear is bred when an animal kills a human. Retaliation is often the consequence. Perceptions of the species involved are generally very negative. There is blame, anger and a lot of confusion mixed with the fear. Every incident is tragic, the deaths on both sides.
People, livestock (that vital livelihood of so many economically disadvantaged areas) and leopards are dying. Here in Nepal the topography of the middle hills (they aren't "hills" as the rest of the world knows them, they are more like mountains) adds to the difficulty of the situation. It's a situation that can never be completely resolved but it can be eased.
That's what we're working on. Every day more issues seem to come up, this is a tough gig. Poverty and a country that is struggling in so many ways are factors within this serious problem. Human-Leopard co-existence is at a critical stage. I'll write more about the "Living with Leopards" concept, the strategies and implementations involved, as it develops further.
Fear is bred when an animal kills a human. Retaliation is often the consequence. Perceptions of the species involved are generally very negative. There is blame, anger and a lot of confusion mixed with the fear. Every incident is tragic, the deaths on both sides.
People, livestock (that vital livelihood of so many economically disadvantaged areas) and leopards are dying. Here in Nepal the topography of the middle hills (they aren't "hills" as the rest of the world knows them, they are more like mountains) adds to the difficulty of the situation. It's a situation that can never be completely resolved but it can be eased.
That's what we're working on. Every day more issues seem to come up, this is a tough gig. Poverty and a country that is struggling in so many ways are factors within this serious problem. Human-Leopard co-existence is at a critical stage. I'll write more about the "Living with Leopards" concept, the strategies and implementations involved, as it develops further.
