It was disheartening sight to see a Leopard entering Royal Palms in Aarey Milk Colony and disturbing the lives of people. This time leopard tried to kill a boy. Somehow, the boy’s father came to the rescue and scared the animal. After this incident the forest department is taking a note and acting slowly. This is a sad state of affairs as the authorities in charge at Aarey Milk Colony just brush aside about the incident saying that the animal had strayed near the residential complexes on the lookout for food and it is only a stray case. But human life is lost if leopards enters in residential areas. People living in these areas just pray to God for their safety and risk their life by going out in the night. This is not the first instance such incident has occurred and the authorities in charge of these animals should make them wander inside a iron railing so that it will not harm the public in any way. Time and again, we hear that the man eater wander in the Garden and the forest areas nearby giving the public sleepless nights. It is high time the authorities pay heed to this fact and find a permanent solution before the situation goes of hand and avoid many more attacks and human deaths in the process. We have to preserve species like Lion, Leopard, Tiger and Cheetal but not at the expense of human life.
Maniam Ramani
(The views expressed by the author in the article are his/her own.)
