Melanistic leopard spotted again in the wild

Bhubaneswar: A big and good news for wildlife lovers in Odisha is that melanistic leopard has once again been spotted in a forest in the state, Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (PCCF) Sushant Nanda said today.

Although the exact location and other details about the melanistic leopard are not yet known, Nanda said the wild animal was found during the ongoing camera trap tiger census in the state.

“The ongoing camera trap tiger census in Odisha is bringing to light some exciting and unexpected presences of wild creatures in our state,” Nanda said on his

The thing to note here is that for the first time in 2018, a black leopard was seen in Sundargarh forest.