Leopard
The incident took place last evening when Sarthak Solse, a resident of Kutevasti near Saikheda in the district, was playing in the sugarcane fields where his family was working, they said.
As soon as the wild animal attacked the child, his grandmother raised an alarm. But by the time locals reached the spot, he was dragged into the thick forest area by the leopard.
Later, the animal disappeared into the jungles upon seeing a large crowd which had come to rescue the child. The boy was immediately rushed to a hospital in nearby Chandori village. However, the doctors pronounced him dead on arrival, the officials said.
Divisional forest officer Ramanujam and his team have reached the spot.
"We have placed a cage in the fields to trap the leopard. Earlier, two cages were placed only a kilometre away from this spot," said BR Dhakre, range forest officer.
Source: Press Trust of India
When humans keeps breeding prolifically, unrestrained, ever-expanding into forests and jungles.
Personally, I have more sympathy for the leopard, harsh as that may seem. Human beings are, in general, greedy and selfish creatures. I gave up on the idea of 'Homo Sapiens' a long time ago. A misnomer, if ever there was one.
I'll ask you to write down the ten biggest problems this planet has. I'd be willing to bet several Rubles not many of then are actually problems, they are actually symptoms of one greater problem: far too many people.
That's the elephant in the room, which no government is willing to deal with. Even China has given up, all in the name of glorious economy (making stuff called money whizz around quicker and quicker... that, apparently, is what is called progress).
So much for leadership. Leadership is willing to recognise when change is needed, and successfully managing that change.
I'm seeing no such leadership. It's more about maintaining existing power structures, the status quo. Time to die.