Man vs animal - As stray dog count swells, leopard threat grows on outskirts

What brought the eight-year-old leopard to Whitefield? Stray dogs, possibly. If yes, it could happen in other parts of the city as well. The city's canine population is growing at an alarming rate. Halting of BBMP's animal birth control (ABC) programme due to delayed payments to NGOs has only pushed up the numbers.