Students of IIT-B Powai who frequently spot leopards roaming in their campus can now capture images of the spotted creatures and send them to the ‘Mumbaikars for SGNP’ team, which will match the images with those obtained by camera-trapping, so that accurate information of the visiting leopards can be obtained. A preliminary study is being conducted on the distribution and behaviour of leopards in the campus, and the factors influencing their frequent appearances in the area.

In order to avoid man-animal conflicts and create awareness among the students and staff staying at IIT-B, an interaction session was organised last evening at IIT-B, in course of which researcher Sunetro Ghoshal, who has been working on human-wildlife conflict, made a presentation on the issue, where he enlightened his audience on ways to avoid conflict between man and beast.