The Maharashtra Forest Department has launched its first-ever leopard population estimation exercise in a non-forest landscape in Junnar taluka, Pune. Using camera traps across sugarcane fields and villages, the study aims to better understand leopard numbers and human-wildlife interactions. (Pics/Maharashtra Forest Department/Wildlife Conservation Society - India)
Updated On: 2026-06-15 12:45 PM IST
Compiled by : Tarun Verma
Striped hyena captured on a camera trap in Junnar taluka as the Maharashtra Forest Department undertakes a first-of-its-kind survey
Camera traps Golden Jackal as Maharashtra Forest Department initiates survey that captures thousands of wildlife images in non-forest habitat
A glimpse of the Small Indian Civet as Maharashtra Forest Department's extensive camera-trapping exercise covers villages and agricultural fields across Junnar
A wild boar is captured on a camera trap during the Maharashtra Forest Department's wildlife survey in Junnar taluka, Pune district. The first-of-its-kind exercise in a non-forest landscape has documented a range of species inhabiting the sugarcane fields
The camera-trapping study comes amid the rising concerns of human-wildlife conflict over the last few months. As per the officials, majorly focuses on leopard movements across th forest area
