Centre govt approves first Leopard Birth Control pilot in Pune

The Centre has approved a Maharashtra government proposal to implement a birth control programme for leopards in regions where human-leopard encounters are rising. 

The move aims to manage big cat sightings and reduce human-leopard attacks.

The decision comes seventeen



months after the Maharashtra government sent a proposal to the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC), making it the country's first such initiative.

The pilot project for leopard birth control will start in Pune's Junnar, where leopard encounters with humans are most frequent.