Army personnel shot dead a leopard after a day-long drama that saw the animal injuring 13 people inside the Oil India Limited (OIL) field headquarters campus at Duliajan in the Dibrugarh district.

Wildlife officials from China and India are working on an agreement to protect India’s dwindling Bengal tiger population, which activists say can only be saved by a complete clamp down on the illicit trade in skins and parts of big cats killed by poachers.