Leopards In the Neighbourhood

摘要

Leopards seem to be popping up everywhere in India, and if the media are to be believed they are up to no good. In February this year one created panic in the city of Meerut in Uttar Pradesh, and in August a middle-aged woman made headlines around the world when she single-handedly killed a leopard that had attacked her. The incident took place in Uttarakhand, not far from the setting of Jim Corbett's 67-year-old tale The Man-Eating Leopard of Rudraprayag.