Indian leopard injures six in Bangalore school

[MowCowWhoHow III]

Source: BBC

A male leopard which entered a school in the Indian city of Bangalore injured six people trying to capture it.

A scientist and a forestry employee were among those mauled during the near 10-hour long effort to corner the dangerous animal on Sunday.

The leopard, which strolled into the Vibgyor International school, was eventually tranquillised and released.

A recent wildlife census estimated that India has a leopard population of between 12,000 and 14,000.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-35519414

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[MariaThinks]

1. i didn't know a leopard could be a nationality? I hope the people are okay and the leopard

is safe too.

[Sophiegirl]

2. From another news source

Six people were treated for minor injuries. The leapard was shot with tranquilizer darts and relocated to a national park.

[A Little Weird]

3. It's a subspecies name rather than a nationality

Indian Leopard (Panthera pardus fusca) - it also occurs in Bangladesh and maybe some other nearby countries. As opposed to say the African Leopard (Panthera pardus pardus) which occurs throughout many countries of Africa.

[christx30]

4. This imgur post has

some video of the incident:

http://imgur.com/gallery/tuAU6fL

[Recursion]

5. An increasing problem as development encroaches on their habitat

Stuff like this occasionally happens in Mumbai too (though never with this many injured; usually the vets and wildlife police are pretty good about containing the animals).