Highlighting the conservation of leopards and the efforts taken by Mumbai’s photographers for this initiative, a photo exhibition titled Wild & Wonderful: The Leopards of Mumbai, opens in a Malad mall today. “Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) and Maharashtra Forest Department have been researching the habitat of leopards in SGNP, Aarey Milk Colony and the adjoining areas to focus on the conservation of the species. They had installed camera traps with remote sensors along with some DSLR camera traps to take realistic, artful images of the leopards. The two organisations were the ones who came up with this idea and several contributors joined them,” says Ranjeet Jadhav, mid-day’s special correspondent who is also a part of the team helping the Forest Department  monitor leopard activity at Aarey Milk Colony.

Three leopards captured through a DSLR camera trap at Aarey Milk Colony. Pic/Ranjeet Jadhav