As a new initiative under the humane approach of taking proper care of wildlife, Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel has decided to set up two mega rescue centers at Amreli and Jambughoda for the leopards whose numbers are increasing in the state's forests. The Vadodara Wildlife Department under the State Forest Department has undertaken the preliminary process of setting up a relatively large mega rescue center in the Jambughoda Sanctuary area. Ratan Mahal and Jambughoda Sanctuaries in the eastern belt of Central Gujarat and Kevadia forests in Chhotaudepur are connected by natural corridors and the area is inhabited by leopards and the number has increased due to the careful supervision of the Forest Department. Small rescue centers have been set up in leopard-populated areas to keep, treat and rehabilitate them after they get injured.

Author-Shlok Talati