After cricketer Sandeep Patil, Mumbai Suburban Collector IAS Milind Borikar's daughter, Vedangi Borikar, has adopted an eight-year-old blind captive leopard named Koyna. Three of Patil's friends, too, have adopted two leopards.

While seven of the nine leopards in Sanjay Gandhi National Park's (SGNP) captivity have already been adopted, three captive lions and five tigers are yet to be adopted.