A male leopard which was tranquilized by forest officials, is carried in a cage from a residential house after it strayed from the wild, in the northeastern Indian city of Guwahati January 7, 2015. The leopard was rescued and taken to the Assam state zoological park according to forest officials on Wednesday. No casualties were reported. REUTERS/Utpal Baruah (INDIA - Tags: ANIMALS SOCIETY) 

A male leopard, which strayed from the wild, is being carried from a residential house after it was tranquillized by forest officials, in the northeastern Indian city of Guwahati January 7, 2015. The leopard was rescued and taken to the Assam state zoological park according to forest officials on Wednesday. No casualties were reported. REUTERS/Utpal Baruah (INDIA - Tags: ANIMALS SOCIETY) 

A male leopard, which strayed from the wild, is pictured before being tranquillized by forest officials, from a residential house, in the northeastern Indian city of Guwahati January 7, 2015. The leopard was rescued and taken to the Assam state zoological park according to forest officials on Wednesday. No casualties were reported. REUTERS/Utpal Baruah (INDIA - Tags: ANIMALS SOCIETY) 

Forest guard Rashila Ben (R) helps to unload a cage containing a rescued leopard at an animal hospital located in the Gir National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary in Sasan, in the western Indian state of Gujarat December 2, 2014. The sanctuary, which is home to India's Asiatic lions, occupies an area of 1,412 square km and employed female guards, for the first time in the country, back in 2007. According to one of the female guards, they earn a monthly salary of around $148 for working almost 12 hours a day, six days a week. Picture taken December 2, 2014. REUTERS/Anindito Mukherjee (INDIA - Tags: ANIMALS BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT SOCIETY ENVIRONMENT) 

A bass drummer of the Indian Army band wearing a cape made of a leopard's skin takes part in a passing-out parade at a garrison in Rangreth on the outskirts of Srinagar April 5, 2014. Authorities said that 311 young Kashmiri men of various religious backgrounds were formally inducted into the Indian Army's Jammu and Kashmiri Light Infantry Regiment (JKLIR) after their 49 weeks of training. REUTERS/Danish Ismail (INDIAN-ADMINISTERED KASHMIR - Tags: MILITARY) 

A three-year-old wild leopard is pictured inside a well at the Nilachal hill area of the northeastern Indian city of Guwahati April 4, 2013. The leopard was taken to the Assam state zoological park after it fell into a well in the city, forest officials said on Thursday. REUTERS/Utpal Baruah (INDIA - Tags: ANIMALS SOCIETY) 

Wildlife officials carry a tranquilized leopard at the Dachigam national park on the outskirts of Srinagar December 24, 2011. The five-year-old female leopard was caught roaming in a residential area in Srinagar city on Saturday, a wildlife official said. REUTERS/Danish Ismail (INDIAN-ADMINISTERED KASHMIR - Tags: ANIMALS) 

A dancer has his body painted to look like a leopard before he performs during festivities marking the end of the annual harvest festival of Onam in Trichur city in the southern Indian state of Kerala, in August 26, 2010. The ten-day long festival is celebrated annually in India's southern coastal state of Kerala to symbolise the return of King Mahabali to meet his subjects. REUTERS/Dipak (INDIA - Tags: SOCIETY) 

A leopard rests inside its enclosure in Dachigam national park on the outskirts of Srinagar November 12, 2009. The wildlife population of Indian Kashmir has registered a "manifold" increase as a two-decade-old separatist rebellion has scared away poachers and hunters from the region, a wildlife official said on Tuesday. Picture taken November 12, 2009. To match Reuters Life! KASHMIR-WILDLIFE/ REUTERS/Fayaz Kabli (INDIAN-ADMINISTERED KASHMIR ENVIRONMENT POLITICS ANIMALS) 

A zoo official holds two three-day-old leopard cubs at the Assam State Zoo cum Botanical Garden in the northeastern Indian city of Guwahati August 5, 2009. According to the zoo officials, the cubs were rescued by the locals on a nearby hill on Tuesday. REUTERS/Utpal Baruah (INDIA ANIMALS IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

A leopard growls from inside its enclosure at the Mahendra Chaudhary Zoological Park near Chandigarh June 3, 2009. REUTERS/Ajay Verma (INDIA ANIMALS) 

A leopard is carried in a net by zoo officials near Kamlapur village, 45 km (28 miles) west from the northern Indian city of Lucknow, May 20, 2008. The leopard went astray on Tuesday morning and injured two people before the zoo officials caught him with the help of villagers, a zoo official said. REUTERS/Pawan Kumar (INDIA) 

A leopard is carried in a net by zoo officials near Kamlapur Village, 45 km (28 miles) west from the northern Indian city of Lucknow, May 20, 2008. The leopard went astray on Tuesday morning and injured two people before zoo officials caught him with the help of villagers, a zoo official said. REUTERS/Pawan Kumar (INDIA) 

A forest guard carries the body of an 18-month-old leopard at Sukna Wildlife Rescue Centre, on the outskirts of the northeastern Indian city of Siliguri April 16, 2008. The leopard was found dead in a tea garden about 30 km (19 miles) from Siliguri. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri (INDIA) 

A leopard rests inside its enclosure in Dachigam Wildlife Sanctuary on the outskirts of Srinagar February 13, 2008. REUTERS/Fayaz Kabli (INDIAN-ADMINISTERED KASHMIR) 

A leopard rests on snow inside its enclosure in Dachigam Wildlife Sanctuary February 13, 2008. REUTERS/Fayaz Kabli (INDIAN-ADMINISTERED KASHMIR) 

Forest officials examine the body of an eight-year-old female leopard after it was found dead at the Tirhan tea garden estate, about 25 km (16 miles) south of the northeastern Indian city of Siliguri, January 24, 2008. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri (INDIA) 

A Kashmiri wildlife official displays a leopard skin in Srinagar October 7, 2007. Wildlife authorities in Indian Kashmir destroyed nearly 10,000 animal skins and garments made from endangered animal hides, in a campaign to protect wildlife across the Himalayan region, official said. REUTERS/Danish Ismail (INDIAN-ADMINISTERED KASHMIR) 

A dead male leopard is carried away by the forest workers at Sukna wildlife rescue centre on the outskirts of the northeastern Indian city of Siliguri September 25, 2007. The leopard was found dead at a tea garden estate and believed by the forestry department to have been poisoned by the villagers. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri (INDIA) 

A leopard is seen inside its enclosure at a zoological park in Jammu September 19, 2007. REUTERS/Amit Gupta (INDIAN-ADMINISTERED KASHMIR) 

A leopard roars inside its enclosure at the South Khairbari nature park, about 165 km (103 miles) from the northeastern Indian city of Siliguri July 27, 2007. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri (INDIA) BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE 

A two-years-old male leopard stands up against the fence of its enclosure at a leopard rescue centre in Madharihut, about 160 km (99 miles) north from the northeastern Indian city of Siliguri July 27, 2007. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri (INDIA) 

A leopard roars inside its enclosure at the South Khairbari nature park, about 165 km (103 miles) from the northeastern Indian city of Siliguri July 27, 2007. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri (INDIA) also see GF2DXBZMPTAA 

A forest official holds a rescued two-month-old leopard cub at a wildlife rescue centre on the outskirts of the northeastern Indian city of Siliguri July 12, 2007. The cub which was caught roaming in a tea garden estate on the outskirts of Siliguri will be released in the Mahananda Wild Life Sanctuary, a forest official said on Thursday. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri (INDIA) 

A rescued two-month-old leopard cub is seen at a wildlife rescue centre on the outskirts of the northeastern Indian city of Siliguri July 12, 2007. The cub which was caught roaming in a tea garden estate on the outskirts of Siliguri will be released in the Mahananda Wild Life Sanctuary, a forest official said on Thursday. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri (INDIA) 

A female snow leopard with its cub is seen inside its enclosure at a zoological park in Darjeeling, about 80 km (50 miles) north from the northeastern Indian city of Siliguri June 21, 2007. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri (INDIA) 

A female snow leopard is seen inside its enclosure at a zoological park in Darjeeling, about 80 km (50 miles) north from the northeastern Indian city of Siliguri June 21, 2007. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri (INDIA) 

Two-month-old snow leopard cubs are seen at a zoological park in Darjeeling, about 80 km (50 miles) north from the northeastern Indian city of Siliguri June 21, 2007. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri (INDIA) 

A zoo worker holds two-month-old snow leopard cubs at a zoological park in Darjeeling, about 80 km (50 miles) north from the northeastern Indian city of Siliguri June 21, 2007. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri (INDIA) 

Kashmiri wildlife officials display a hide made from the skin of a leopard in Dachigam on the outskirts of Srinagar May 28, 2007. Wildlife authorities in Indian Kashmir said on Monday they plan to destroy nearly 850,000 animal skins and garments made from endangered animal hides, in a campaign to protect wildlife across the Himalayan region. REUTERS/Fayaz Kabli (INDIAN ADMINISTERED KASHMIR) 

A Kashmiri fur dealer displays a coat made from leopard skin before handing it over to the authorities in Dachigam on the outskirts of Srinagar May 28, 2007. Wildlife authorities in Indian Kashmir said on Monday they plan to destroy nearly 850,000 animal skins and garments made from endangered animal hides, in a campaign to protect wildlife across the Himalayan region. REUTERS/Fayaz Kabli (INDIAN ADMINISTERED KASHMIR) 

Kashmiri wildlife officials display a coat made from leopard skin in Dachigam on the outskirts of Srinagar May 28, 2007. Wildlife authorities in Indian Kashmir said on Monday they plan to destroy nearly 850,000 animal skins and garments made from endangered animal hides, in a campaign to protect wildlife across the Himalayan region. REUTERS/Fayaz Kabli (INDIAN ADMINISTERED KASHMIR) 

A leopard plays with a rubber tyre inside its cage at a leopard rescue centre in Madharihut, 160 km (99 miles) north of the city of Siliguri, north-east India, May 3, 2007. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri (INDIA) 

Tribal women walk to a mountain stream to collect water in the forest village of Phuldomer near the mining site of Vedanta Alumina refinery, about 362 km (224 miles) west from the eastern Indian city of Bhubaneswar, March 16, 2007. Their thick, ancient forests shelter leopards, elephants and even the odd tiger, their slopes a home to an isolated tribe, but the "curse" of eastern India's Niyamgiri hills lies beneath the soil. Massive deposits of bauxite have brought Britain's Vedanta Resources to this remote corner of the state of Orissa, where they have already built a $900 million alumina refinery. To match feature INDIA-VEDANTA/MINE REUTERS/Parth Sanyal (INDIA) 

A tribal woman sits with her child in the forest village of Phuldomer near the mining site of Vedanta Alumina refinery, about 362 km (224 miles) west from the eastern Indian city of Bhubaneswar, March 16, 2007. Their thick, ancient forests shelter leopards, elephants and even the odd tiger, their slopes a home to an isolated tribe, but the "curse" of eastern India's Niyamgiri hills lies beneath the soil. Massive deposits of bauxite have brought Britain's Vedanta Resources to this remote corner of the state of Orissa, where they have already built a $900 million alumina refinery. To match feature INDIA-VEDANTA/MINE REUTERS/Parth Sanyal (INDIA) 

A tribal woman sits with her child in the forest village of Phuldomer near the mining site of Vedanta Alumina refinery, about 362 km (224 miles) west from the eastern Indian city of Bhubaneswar, March 16, 2007. Their thick, ancient forests shelter leopards, elephants and even the odd tiger, their slopes a home to an isolated tribe, but the "curse" of eastern India's Niyamgiri hills lies beneath the soil. Massive deposits of bauxite have brought Britain's Vedanta Resources to this remote corner of the state of Orissa, where they have already built a $900 million alumina refinery. To match feature INDIA-VEDANTA/MINE REUTERS/Parth Sanyal (INDIA) 

A tribal boy peeps out from his mud house in the forest village of Phuldomer near the mining site of Vedanta Alumina refinery, about 362 km (224 miles) west from the eastern Indian city of Bhubaneswar, March 16, 2007. Their thick, ancient forests shelter leopards, elephants and even the odd tiger, their slopes a home to an isolated tribe, but the "curse" of eastern India's Niyamgiri hills lies beneath the soil. Massive deposits of bauxite have brought Britain's Vedanta Resources to this remote corner of the state of Orissa, where they have already built a $900 million alumina refinery. To match feature INDIA-VEDANTA/MINE REUTERS/Parth Sanyal (INDIA) 

A tribal woman nurses her child in the forest village of Phuldomer near the mining site of Vedanta Alumina refinery, about 362 km (224 miles) west from the eastern Indian city of Bhubaneswar, March 16, 2007. Their thick, ancient forests shelter leopards, elephants and even the odd tiger, their slopes a home to an isolated tribe, but the "curse" of eastern India's Niyamgiri hills lies beneath the soil. Massive deposits of bauxite have brought Britain's Vedanta Resources to this remote corner of the state of Orissa, where they have already built a $900 million alumina refinery. To match feature INDIA-VEDANTA/MINE REUTERS/Parth Sanyal (INDIA) 

A tribal woman cleans pulses in the forest village of Phuldomer near the mining site of Vedanta Alumina refinery, about 362 km (224 miles) west from the eastern Indian city of Bhubaneswar, March 16, 2007. Their thick, ancient forests shelter leopards, elephants and even the odd tiger, their slopes a home to an isolated tribe, but the "curse" of eastern India's Niyamgiri hills lies beneath the soil. Massive deposits of bauxite have brought Britain's Vedanta Resources to this remote corner of the state of Orissa, where they have already built a $900 million alumina refinery. To match feature INDIA-VEDANTA/MINE REUTERS/Parth Sanyal (INDIA) 

A tribal woman dries fruits to make liquor in the forest village of Phuldomer near the mining site of Vedanta Alumina refinery, about 362 km (224 miles) west from the eastern Indian city of Bhubaneswar, March 16, 2007. Their thick, ancient forests shelter leopards, elephants and even the odd tiger, their slopes a home to an isolated tribe, but the "curse" of eastern India's Niyamgiri hills lies beneath the soil. Massive deposits of bauxite have brought Britain's Vedanta Resources to this remote corner of the state of Orissa, where they have already built a $900 million alumina refinery. To match feature INDIA-VEDANTA/MINE REUTERS/Parth Sanyal (INDIA) 

Villagers walk towards the main gate of Vedanta Alumina refinery in Lanjigarh village, about 352 km (218 miles) west from the eastern Indian city of Bhubaneswar, March 16, 2007. Their thick, ancient forests shelter leopards, elephants and even the odd tiger, their slopes a home to an isolated tribe, but the "curse" of eastern India's Niyamgiri hills lies beneath the soil. Massive deposits of bauxite have brought Britain's Vedanta Resources to this remote corner of the state of Orissa, where they have already built a $900 million alumina refinery. To match feature INDIA-VEDANTA/MINE REUTERS/Parth Sanyal (INDIA) 

A tribal woman dries fruits to make liquor in the forest village of Phuldomer near the mining site of Vedanta Alumina refinery, about 362 km (224 miles) west from the eastern Indian city of Bhubaneswar, March 16, 2007. Their thick, ancient forests shelter leopards, elephants and even the odd tiger, their slopes a home to an isolated tribe, but the "curse" of eastern India's Niyamgiri hills lies beneath the soil. Massive deposits of bauxite have brought Britain's Vedanta Resources to this remote corner of the state of Orissa, where they have already built a $900 million alumina refinery. To match feature INDIA-VEDANTA/MINE REUTERS/Parth Sanyal (INDIA) 

A leopard yawns inside its enclosure in Dachigam on the outskirts of Srinagar, March 1, 2007. REUTERS/Fayaz Kabli (INDIAN ADMINISTERED KASHMIR) 

A leopard named "Rakhi" grabs a piece of meat in its enclosure in Dachigam on the outskirts of Srinagar, March 1, 2007. REUTERS/Fayaz Kabli (INDIAN ADMINISTERED KASHMIR) 

A leopard named "Sheroo" looks out from inside its enclosure in Dachigam on the outskirts of Srinagar, March 1, 2007. REUTERS/Fayaz Kabli (INDIAN ADMINISTERED KASHMIR) 

A forest official feeds two rescued leopard cubs at the Madharihut Leopard Rescue Center, about 160 km (99 miles) north of the northeastern Indian city of Siliguri, November 26, 2006. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri (INDIA) 

An endangered snow leopard is seen inside its enclosure at Padamaja Naidu Himalayan zoological park in Darjeeling, about 80 km (50 miles) from the northeastern Indian city of Siliguri, November 6, 2006. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri (INDIA) 

An endangered snow leopard is seen inside its enclosure at Padamaja Naidu Himalayan zoological park in Darjeeling, about 80 km (50 miles) from the northeastern Indian city of Siliguri, November 6, 2006. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri (INDIA) 

An endangered snow leopard is seen inside its enclosure at Padamaja Naidu Himalayan zoological park in Darjeeling, about 80 km (50 miles) from the northeastern Indian city of Siliguri, November 6, 2006. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri (INDIA) 

An endangered snow leopard walks inside its enclosure at Padamaja Naidu Himalayan zoological park in Darjeeling, about 80 km (50 miles) from the northeastern Indian city of Siliguri, November 6, 2006. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri (INDIA) 

A leopard watches from its enclosure at South Khairbari nature park, about 160 km (99 miles) from the northeastern Indian city of Siliguri September 14, 2006. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri (INDIA) 

A leopard drinks water inside its enclosure at a wildlife park in the northern Indian city of Jammu May 17, 2006. 

A leopard drinks water inside its enclosure at a wildlife park in the northern Indian city of Jammu May 17, 2006. REUTERS/Amit Gupta 

Leopard cubs rest on a tree branch inside a wildlife sanctuary on the outskirts of the northern Indian city of Jammu February 16, 2006. The cubs were found by locals, a wildlife sanctuary official said. REUTERS/Amit Gupta PP06020241 

A leopard cub rests on a tree branch inside a wildlife sanctuary on the outskirts of the northern Indian city of Jammu February 16, 2006. REUTERS/Amit Gupta 

A leopard cub rests on a tree branch inside a wildlife sanctuary on the outskirts of the northern Indian city of Jammu February 16, 2006. REUTERS/Amit Gupta 

Leopard cubs rest on a tree branch inside a wildlife sanctuary on the outskirts of the northern Indian city of Jammu February 16, 2006. The cubs were found by locals, a wildlife sanctuary official said. REUTERS/Amit Gupta 

A captive elephant feeds its baby in Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary, 135 km (84 miles) east of the northeastern Indian city of [Siliguri,] Febuary 5, 2006. [Many wild life animals, including wild elephants, Indian bisons, leopards, spotted and hog deers, are found in the Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary which was declared a sanctuary in 1943 for its great variety of flora and fauna, authorities said. ] 

Indian forest officials ride on elephants in Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary, 135 km (84 miles) east of the northeastern Indian city of Siliguri, Febuary 5, 2006. Many wild life animals, including wild elephants, Indian bisons, leopards, spotted and hog deers, are found in the Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary which was declared a sanctuary in 1943 for its great variety of flora and fauna, authorities said. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri 

A captive elephant feeds its baby in Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary, 135 km (84 miles) east of the northeastern Indian city of Siliguri, Febuary 5, 2006. Many wild life animals, including wild elephants, Indian bisons, leopards, spotted and hog deers, are found in the Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary which was declared a sanctuary in 1943 for its great variety of flora and fauna, authorities said. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri