Mysuru: There are 45 to 50 leopards in the taluk and 150 to 170 in the district, said Zoo Authority of Karnataka (ZAK) Chairperson Mallige Veeresh here yesterday. Speaking after inaugurating a session on ‘Leopard-Man Conflict, Control, Management, organised by the Forest Department and ZAK at Mysuru Zoo premises here yesterday, she said that a 5 km run from Chamundi Hill and an awareness programme at the Zoo amphitheatre to create awareness on leopards has been planned in the last week of February or the first week of March. Chief Conservator of Forests (CCF) P.B. Karunakar, who also spoke, said that trapping leopards was not the only solution to control leopards from entering human habitat and added that Karnataka is home for the largest population of leopards after Madhya Pradesh.
