Leopards and humans peacefully coexist in India

Sunday, March 31, 2013 - 12:30 in Biology & Nature

Leopards and humans peacefully share the same densely populated rural landscape in western India, a new camera trap survey shows. The cameras caught leopards and other jungle cats, as well as hyenas and jackals, prowling close to houses through the night in farmland in western Maharashtra, India. The carnivores and people shared the same paths — so much so that the researchers had to turn off thei...

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