LEOPARD SPOTTED IN MAYURBHANJ
Baripada (15/05/2024): A Leopard was spotted at Jagannathpur village on the side of Lulung Road under Baripada forest division in Mayurbhanj district on Wednesday. Officials of Baripada range reached the spot after receiving reports that a leopard had entered a thorn forest in this village at the foothills of the Similipal sanctuary. The search for the animal is still on.
On February 8, a Royal Bengal tiger had died in Similipal National Park in Mayurbhanj district.