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Western Ghats – Deciduous Forests

Poster depicting dog and leopard pugmarks designed to help reduce anxiety and tensions - English version

March 2015

On many instances dog pugmarks are mistakenas leopard tracks and there is pressure exerted on the forest department tocapture leopards from the area. This has led to unnecessary anxiety incommunities, tensions between communities and forest department, and possiblycapture of leopards with no reason. Hence, a poster that would differentiatetracks between dogs and leopards were designed to help in awareness activities.