India’s first leopard census.
Q. India recently conducted its first leopard census. What is the count of the spotted cat, according to the census?- Published on 09 Sep 15a. 10,000-12,000
b. 12,000-14000
c. 14,000-16,000
d. 16,000-18,000
ANSWER: 12,000-14000
The first leopard census was conducted in 2015 along with last year’s tiger census and it estimates the total population of the spotted cat in India to be around 12,000 to 14,000. The earlier estimate varied from 10,000 to as high as 45,000. Study also found India’s leopard population is healthy because it survives in shrubs as well as forests impacted by human activity. For the first leopard census, 3,50,000 square km of forested habitat across Shivalik and Gangetic Plains, C. India and Western Ghats was covered, with as high as 17,143 pictures of 1647 leopards taken during the exercise.
