Wild leopard sparks panic in India

mathie

Wild leopard sparks panic in Meerut, India, as it prowls through apartment, hospital and movie theatre

A panic-stricken city in India has launched a “massive” hunt for a wild leopard that was seen prowling an apartment block, a hospital and even a movie theatre.

The large cat has injured up to six people in Meerut, a city of 3.5 million people, about 60 kilometres northeast of the Indian capital New Delhi. Authorities reportedly closed schools and colleges in the area after it was spotted stalking the city’s streets and leaping off buildings Sunday.

“Despite our best efforts, we have been unable to track the leopard down. We have launched a massive hunt for the beast,” additional district magistrate S.K. Dubey told the Agence France-Presse.

We have launched a massive hunt for the beast

Officials did manage to corner the leopard in an empty ward of the Meerut Cantonment Hospital. Wildlife officers reportedly fired a tranquilizer dart into the beast, but it managed an amazing escape through a hole in a lattice wall and evaded capture.

“He managed to break [out through] the iron grilles and escaped. He then sneaked into the premises of a cinema hall before entering an apartment block,” Dubey said.

http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/02/24/leopard-meerut-india/

I wonder what he went to see?

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Panda_Turtle

Far too many people in India etc., not good for the leopards etc.

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Wild? I'd say he was livid!

danniemcq

someone should hit it in the face with a fish