Late on July 8, on the fringes of Bandipur National Park, a farmer in Shivapura village heard noises from his livestock shed. Moments later, he spotted a black panther holding a calf by its neck. Seeing the gathering crowd, the leopard ran away, leaving behind its victim. There was no anger nor were there calls for retribution.
Instead, a toll-free number was dialled and within a day, the forms for compensation had been filled. The farmer’s call was the 10,000th claim made to Wild Seve, a Wildlife Conservation Society initiative that was launched in July 2015 to ease the process of claiming compensation from authorities.
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