Jaipur: Five-year-old Leopardess, ‘Sharmili’ recently seen with the second garbage of three children in Forest Jhalana, officials said, who claimed to be the first sighting of the new Cubs this year.
Children, who seemed to be a few months old, were seen with their mother in the watering hole in the third zone after monitoring that had been improved in the area.
Previously, Sharmili, Leopardess Aarti’s daughter had given birth to two children.
With this, the calculation of leopard jhalana now stands at 43 compared to the previous figure 44.
Explain the reduction of this number despite the birth of three children aged about two months, the Janeshwar Chaudhary Forest Ranger, “Until last August, there were 44 leopards in Jhalana.
But two Large cats venture themselves into other parts of the forest.
Then one died and the others were moved.
Therefore, we have a total of 43 leopards in the Jhalana.
“Last year, female leopard gave birth to 12 children in Jhalana, took a large cat population to 44, which Dipped and rose again in the first month of this year.
While Leopard residents increased, the latest research revealed that the density of leopards was too high for urban forests.
With new children who are born regularly, sub-adults are pushed out.
Looking for territory, this wild cat explores and is lost or killed in a territorial fight.
With the leopard population on the trajectory up, there is a spill expected to areas side by side with reserves.
Ideally, one male leopard requires at least five square kilometers.
While the jungle area of ​​Jhalana spread in an area of ​​20 square kilometers, other forest areas, including the galta, which is more than 700 hectares, also being developed.