Degradation of forest cover has brought animals out of their habitat in direct confrontation with human beings. NDTV travelled to the tea gardens of Upper Assam to find that leopards have taken refuge in tea bushes spreading panic amongst the workers. A leopard was slaughtered in Sapekhati in Sivsagar district of Assam after the animal attacked children. The meat was later consumed in a community feast. Incidents like this suddenly on the rise in Assam.