In a first, rare white leopard cub spotted in Maharashtra's Ratnagiri forest

Updated On: 24 April, 2025 06:20 PM IST | Mumbai | Ranjeet Jadhav

Divisional Forest Officer (DFO), Girija Desai from the Ratnagiri forest department, while confirming the rare sighting in state, said, “We have come across a white newborn cub of an Indian leopard in Ratnagiri district. We also found the cub's mother and an another cub nearby”

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The Maharashtra forest officials said that they were using camera traps and keeping a close tab on the mother and its cubs. Pic/Maharashtra Forest Department

In what is believed to be a first for the state, forest officials in Maharashtra have discovered a rare white Indian leopard cub in Ratnagiri district, the officials said on Thursday.

Confirming the rare sighting in state, Divisional Forest Officer (DFO), Girija Desai from the Ratnagiri forest department, said, “We have come across a white newborn cub of an Indian leopard in Ratnagiri district. We also found the cub's mother and an another cub nearby.”