Summary:
The reality of human-animal conflict in urban spaces hit home on Wednesday morning when a leopard was spotted at Korum Mall in Thane. As the combing operation was underway, the leopard was spotted in the basement of Satkar Residency Hotel, right behind the mall, on Pokhran Road. "It's a huge mall that's open from all sides, so locating the leopard was the biggest challenge," says a senior forest officer. "The leopard was spotted at the hotel at about 8 am, and officers from Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) as well as Thane began the operation. The six-year-old leopard was first spotted by the mall's security staff at 5:30 am in the mall's parking area..