2 leopards killed every year on roads along Mumbai´s national park in past decade
(WorldNews India)

Over the past decade, one leopard, on an average, is killed every year on busy highways surrounding the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) in the city. Data from SGNP, NGO Wildlife Protection Society of India (WPSI) and Mumbaiikars for SGNP revealed that 19 leopards have been killed around SGNP, most of them on the Western Express Highway (WEH) and Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary (TWS) from 2008 to 2018. Accidents were reported on the National Highway (NH) 8 (Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway); Mauje-Chena (West); Mumbai-Thane Ghodbunder highway; Bhandup-NITIE Road, adjacent to IIT Road; on the Thane-Ghodbunder Road, near Ghodbunder village; Vasai and TWS, which is forested on either side, and even...