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- As part of its global tiger census, the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) is set to release a dedicated report on leopard sightings by the month-end.
- The last formal census on India’s leopards was conducted in 2014 which estimated the cat’s population at between 12,000 and 14,000.
- They also estimated 8,000 leopards in the vicinity of tiger habitat.
- Leopard Status:
- Listed on a par with Tigers under Schedule 1 of the Wildlife Protection Act (WPA), 1972.
- Listed in Appendix I of CITES.
- Listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
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