01705nam a22002057a 450000500170000000800410001702000180005804000070007604100120008308200230009510000170011824500420013526000570017730000300023436500600026452011120032465000200143665000240145670000190148020240418122932.0220217b           ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9789389152654  cAL  aEnglish  223bGUBLa599.7554  aSanjay Gubbi  aLeopard Diaries :The Rosette In India  aChennaibWestland Publications Private Limitedc2021  axvi,239 p.bPBc22x14 cm.  aBLCR-000122b₹479.20c₹d₹599.00e20%f15-02-2022  aThe leopard is perhaps one of the world’s most beautiful creatures. The spots on its body are even romantically called ‘rosettes’. It is social but solitary, inconspicuous but significant in numbers, large but elusive, and does not fit any of the pigeonholes of large-cat conservation. In India, the leopard is a poster boy of the fight to preserve wildlife, but in many countries, it faces either ecological or local extinction. A worrying phenomenon, given that these cats carry out important ecosystem services that have not been fully understood yet.
In Leopard Diaries: The Rosette in India, Sanjay Gubbi, who has studied and documented the leopard for nearly a decade, gives us a close look at this fascinating creature. From detailing its food habits to throwing new light on how the young are reared, from offering suggestions on tackling leopard–human conflict to imagining the future of this arresting animal, this book is a 360-degree view of the leopard, its ecological context, its fraught relationship with the human world, and how wildlife and human beings can find a way to co-exist.  aLeopard Biology  aLeopards Neighbours  aGUBBI (Sanjay)