Sunday 14 February 2016

Leopard enters Indian school and injures five people before capture


Big cat wanders into grounds of school in Bangalore before being shot with tranquilliser dart
Agence France-Presse in Bangalore

Monday 8 February 2016 13.02 GMT
Last modified on Monday 8 February 201622.01 GMT

Five people have been injured during an attempt to capture a leopard that wandered into a school in southern India, a wildlife official has said.

Photos of the incident in Bangalore show the animal prowling around the closed school and trying to maul forestry officials as well as a wildlife activist and others who came too close.

Ravi Ralph, chief wildlife officer in Karnataka state, said the leopard appeared to have entered the school from a nearby forest by jumping over the compound’s wall.

The animal is seen attacking a man lying on the ground who uses his hand to defend himself. The cat is also shown sinking its claws into another man’s leg as he tries to climb a gate.

“The leopard was caught and caged after a four-hour operation, when it was trapped in a room with one tranquilliser shot through a wire-meshed ventilator,” Ralph said.



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