The first step is awareness creation which we are trying to do and I expect everyone to help in that.

The second is saving the patches of land/landscapes where leopards are living outside the protected areas. We don't even know all such places.

We don't know the link between these leopards and the ones in the officially declared sanctuaries. There is movement. At times if the food supply is good, then leopards can remain glued to a place, give birth to offspring etc. Removing these leopards is not the solution. It is important to retain the tenuous link - the corridors between the officially declared sanctuary and reserve forests and these places. So when food is scarce, these leopards should be able to move back. Similarly it will help in genetic exchange. The challenge is the increased urbanisation and skyrocketing value of real estate. Buying up land in these areas and keep it fallow is the way to go. However, that needs really high amount of funding.

The Government is not even allocating the required funds for relocation of villages from core areas of Tiger Reserves. The current account deficit (of India) is sky rocketing. So we simply have to forget Government support. They are even loathe to declare new areas as sanctuaries.

So it has to be a private initiative.