‘We’re encroaching into their habitat’: Angry mob kills leopard in Azad Kashmir

A mob of people killed a leopard by strangling it and pelting it with stones on February 8, 2022, in the Hattian Bala district of Azad Kashmir, the Pakistani-administered section of the disputed Jammu and Kashmir region. At least 10 leopards – an endangered species – were killed by humans in Azad Kashmir in the past year, raising concerns about human-wildlife conflicts in the region.