A politico has provided a point-blank answer to the man-animal conflict the city finds itself witnessing in its forested areas — shoot the animal dead.

Local Shiv Sena MLA Ravindra Waikar has demanded that leopards that maul humans either be trapped or shot dead. u00a0He has also told the Thane forest department that if any more attacks happen, he’d lead an agitation since locals are simmering at the spate of leopard attacks, some leading to deaths, in and around the Aarey Milk Colony area.