A leopard photographed in Maharashtra offers context to recent sightings reported around Thane’s forest-edge neighbourhoods, highlighting how a species adapted to fragmented landscapes often intersects with expanding urban zones. When such crossings increase, are cities prepared to manage coexistence with restraint and informed response rather than urgency-driven reactions? (Source: Wikimedia Commons; License: CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Over the past couple of days, Thane has found itself on high alert over leopard sightings. CCTV clips, WhatsApp forwards and faster news alerts have created a panic among the residents living/moving around the forest edges, zones close to green patches and hill tracts of the city. However the reality is much more familiar than being so dramatic. Leopards have always been part of these landscapes around Thane, which sits at the

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