Call of the wild.How do you prevent wild leopards from wandering too close to areas populated pop·u·late tr.v. pop·u·lat·ed, pop·u·lat·ing, pop·u·lates 1. To supply with inhabitants, as by colonization; people. 2. by humans? Give the cats a phone call. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Leopards in Gujarat, India, are losing their natural habitats to farming and industrial projects. As their forest homes and food sources shrink, the cats roam villages in search of livestock to prey on To take prey from; to despoil; to pillage; to rob To seize as prey; to take for food by violence; to seize and devour. - Shak. To wear away gradually; to cause to waste or pine away; as, the trouble preyed upon his mind s>. - Shak. See also: Prey Prey Prey . To help ease conflict between humans and leopards, wildlife officials turned to cell-phone technology. Last spring, officials downloaded ring tones featuring the sounds of cows, roosters, and goats. Then they attached the "mooing," "clucking," or "bleating bleat n. 1. a. The characteristic cry of a goat or sheep. b. A sound similar to this cry. 2. A whining, feeble complaint. v. bleat·ed, bleat·ing, bleats v. " phones to cages near villages. "Leopards have keen hearing," says Kathy Marmack a big-cat expert at the San Diego Zoo San Diego Zoo One of the world's largest collections of mammals, birds, and reptiles, located in San Diego, Calif., and administered by the Zoological Society of San Diego. The 100-acre (40. in California. Lured by the calls of livestock, the hungry cats are being safely trapped and released into the wild--far from villages. FELINE FACTS Most cats don't like the water, but leopards are strong swimmers and enjoy taking a dip. Leopards have white spots on the tips of their ears and tails. The markings help them spot each other in tall grass. These powerful athletes can leap 6 meters (20 feet) in a single bound and jump 3 meters (10 feet) straight up. Leopards are great tree climbers. This allows them to stash stash Drug slang noun A place where illicit drugs are hidden their kill high up in branches to prevent other predators from stealing their meal. |
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