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WPSI's Leopard Poaching Statistcs


The WILDLIFE PROTECTION SOCIETY OF INDIA (WPSI) works with government enforcement agencies to apprehend tiger and leopard poachers and traders throughout India. WPSI also makes every effort to investigate and verify any unnatural tiger or leopard death, or seizure of their parts.   

The following figures must represent only a fraction of the actual poaching and trade in leopard parts in India. The details below are compiled from  reports received from enforcement authorities, work carried out by WPSI, and other sources.

To date, WPSI has documented the following cases:

138 leopards killed in 1994
143 leopards killed in 1995
110 leopards killed in 1996
145 leopards killed in 1997
  69 leopards killed in 1998
135 leopards killed in 1999
1,278 leopards killed in 2000
167 leopards killed in 2001
 89 leopards killed in 2002
148 leopards killed in 2003
123 leopards killed in 2004
200 leopards killed in 2005
165 leopards killed in 2006
126 leopards killed in 2007
157 leopards killed in 2008
165 leopards killed in 2009
184 leopards killed in 2010
188 leopards killed in 2011
140 leopards killed in 2012
111 leopards killed in 2013
118 leopards killed in 2014
127 leopards killed in 2015
154 leopards killed in 2016
159 leopards killed in 2017
169 leopards killed in 2018
133 leopards killed in 2019
170 leopards killed in 2020
182 leopards killed in 2021
162 leopards killed in 2022
155 leopards killed in 2023


To reach an estimate of the magnitude of the poaching of leopards in India, it may be noted that the Customs authorities multiply known offences by ten to estimate the size of an illegal trade.

The illicit international demand for big cat skins along with the trade in bones and other parts for use in traditional oriental medicine, continues to be the main reason for the unrelenting poaching pressure on these endangered cats. There is virtually no market for either skins or bones of leopards within India.

 


 

 

 

 

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TIGER MORTALITY

TIGER DEATHS IN 2024
 Mortality                     31
 Poaching &             
 Seizures                        6
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       Total                       37



TIGER DEATHS IN 2023
 Mortality                 150
 Poaching &               56
 Seizures                   
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       Total                   206


TIGER POACHING 1994-2023


LEOPARD MORTALITY

LEOPARD DEATHS IN 2024
 Mortality                102
 Poaching &              31
 Seizures             
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       Total                  133


LEOPARD DEATHS IN 2023
 Mortality                 410
 Poaching &             155
 Seizures             
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       Total                   565
     

LEOPARD POACHING 1994-2023



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