Leopards killed 15 children in Tanahun over six years

Human-animal conflict is growing in the district as habitat loss and rising leopard population drive deadly encounters.

In the latest incident of human-animal conflict in Tanahun, an 11-year-old boy died in an attack by a leopard at Salthan in ward 5 of Bandipur Rural Municipality on July 19. The leopard mauled Sundar Achhami, the son of Chij Kumar Achhami and Uma Devi, while he was playing in the frontyard of his house.