dehradun after a series of recent attacks on humans by animals particularly leopards the forest department has decided to start a mobile chariot facility in the hills through which they will disseminate information pertaining to wildlife and their behaviour to aid people in limiting attacksthe mobile vehicle called chariot has been started while celebrating wildlife week which commenced in uttarakhand on october 1 locals will be shown films and have sessions about wildlife to raise awarenessit is important for the human being to stay on alert and wellinformed about animals in their vicinity to protect themselves from any harm this drive has been kicked off from the hills and soon it will expand in the plains too rajiv bhartari chief wildlife warden forest department saiduttarakhand had recently sent its officers in a holistic approach to human wildlife conflict mitigation in india training session in kodagu karnataka to understand the nuances of such conflicts and ways to tackle them the state has been waging a virtual conflict especially in pithoragarh champawat pauri and almora which has witnessed a rise in leopard populationmeanwhile on saturday a fouryearold boy was attacked by a leopard in pauri and admitted to government hospital the boy was saved by his 11yearold sister who risked her life and suffered severe injuries she was later admitted to hospitalin another such attack in pauri this week a 10yearold girl was mauled to death in pabo block by a leopard she had gone to collect fodder for cattle with her mother when the leopard attacked the young girl killing her