Elusive black panther caught on camera trap in Assam's Dulung Reserve for the first time

Elusive black panther caught on camera trap in Assam's Dulung Reserve for the first time

Officials in Assam recently captured a black panther, or melanistic leopard, on a camera trap in Dulung Reserve Forest for the first time ever.  The sighting in northeastern India is attracting attention online and shedding a positive light on local conservation efforts, as India Today NE reports. What happened? On June 15, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma took to his X account (@himantabiswa) to reveal that a camera trap in Lakhimpur's …