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Vasai's Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary has 5 leopards but little prey

<p>A new study of the Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary near Mumbai, claims there are five leopards at the remote site, and warns against brewing human trouble</p>

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Leopards in Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary

Here's a comparison that should exhilarate you: While the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP), spread over 140 km, has an estimated 35 leopards, a new study of the remotely located Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary (TWS) in Vasai also boasts of five leopards within its 85 km area. However, all is not hunky dory, as the study shows that the prey base is too little for its residents, and that the pristine forest is also facing a threat from land encroachers; so much so that there are illicit liquor-brewing units already functioning there. The forest department has now initiated action against them.

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