A rescue team from SGNP along with the Forest Department officials and locals in Ratnagiri district is looking for a leopard, believed to be behind 15 attacks on humans over three months. According to the locals, the leopard is moving around with two cubs, making the task of trapping her difficult.

The leopard rescue team from the Sanjay Gandhi National Park reached Konkan on Sunday, following the latest incident of man-animal conflict in Ratnagiri. Janardhan Chandurkar, a resident of Jambhuad village, was injured after a leopard attacked him when he had taken his cattle for grazing in the wee hours of Saturday. He said the leopard, a female, was with two cubs when she attacked him.