Assam Leopard census

• A forest division in Assam has initiated the State’s first leopard census to map the habitat and routes of the spotted cat and establish standards to be followed for urban planning.

• Forest department officials have rescued a leopard from Sishugram Red Cross society near IIT Guwahati.

• The division covers urban, semi-urban and rural areas on the northern bank of the Brahmaputra river facing Guwahati, once a leopard domain.

• NKF Division has also started the process of leopard counting census under its divisional jurisdiction.