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...savage and unforeseen turn. The animals adapted. In the tamed landscape in which they found themselves?neat rows of tomatoes and cornflowers and chrysanthemums for export to Europe?leopards came across man-made forests of towering sugarcane. Far from being just a make-do home, says forestry chief Ashokkumar N. Khadse, the cane fields proved to be an ideal leopard habitat. The animals flourished in the impenetrable thickets, producing two litters a year of which all six cubs would survive. From negligible numbers 20 years ago, there are now 100 resident adult leopards in an area half the size...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Silent Scream | 11/25/2002 | See Source »

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