Scraps Stuffs - Random musings from apun ka desh

A poor leopard who strayed into Nasik was beaten to death by the locals. I saw extremely disturbing footage on CNN-IBN yesterday and I was so angry I wanted each of those motherfuckers who beat the leopard with sticks to be beaten mercilessly in turn!

Leopards and other big cats sometimes stray into human inhabitation because we humans encroach shamelessly on their terrain and poach their wild prey to boot. They have no choice but to venture far and wide for food. And this is what we do to a poor animal? Why not keep clear of them and let the forest department try to trap it and transport it to a location that is more appropriate, even though that's a double edged sword?

The leopard is said to be the most adaptable big cat but in my opinion its days in India are numbered. We have already lost the tiger and the death of the last tiger is merely a matter of time. We are going to lose the lovely leopard to the greedy Indian too!