Jalpaiguri deploys Sundarbans-style nets to stop leopard attacks

• Jalpaiguri forest department is implementing a Sundarbans-style netting method to curb leopard-human conflict in Dooars.
• Special nets, over 9 feet high and buried 1.5 feet deep, are being installed around worker slums in Kalabari tea garden.
• The initiative follows a recent leopard attack that killed a child and injured workers, despite 5 leopards being caught.
• This method, proven successful in the Sundarbans for preventing tiger entry, aims to stop leopards from entering human settlements.
• The Binnaguri Wildlife Squad is leading the experimental installation, with plans to extend it to other tea garden worker slums.

Why It Matters: New net strategy could save lives from leopard attacks.