Western Ghats – Deciduous Forests
Poster depicting dog and leopard pugmarks designed to help reduce anxiety and tensions - Kannada version
March 2015
On many instances dog pugmarks are mistaken as leopard tracks and there is pressure exerted on the forest department to capture leopards from the area. This has led to unnecessary anxiety in communities, tensions between communities and forest department, and possibly capture of leopards with no reason. Hence, a poster that would differentiate tracks between dogs and leopards were designed to help in awareness activities.