Stunning Leopard Attack in India Caught on Camera
- Posted on July 20, 2011 at 12:16pm by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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KOLKATA, India (AP) — A leopard that mauled 11 people in a fierce showdown with Indian villagers has died of knife wounds after being captured.
The snarling adult, male leopard leapt at locals and forest officials as they tried to drive it into a wildlife sanctuary in West Bengal state.
Photo: AP
Forest official Dharma Dev Rai says villagers used knives, stones and batons to beat back the cat. It injured six villagers, a policeman and four forest guards before being hit with a tranquilizer gun Tuesday.
Photo: AP
The cat died within hours, and a post mortem is being conducted. It happened near Siliguri, about 373 miles (600 kilometers) from Kolkata.
Photo: AP
The people are recovering from their injuries, mostly swipes from the cat’s claws.
Leopards are protected in India though more are straying into villages for food.
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Comments (114)
imhunderdog
Posted on July 20, 2011 at 1:36pmCan you say 2nd Amendment rights?
Report Post »LOOKING_BOTH_WAYS
Posted on July 20, 2011 at 1:34pmwtf…………..?
Report Post »SREGN
Posted on July 20, 2011 at 1:25pmTastes like chicken.
Report Post »ecurbyy
Posted on July 20, 2011 at 5:31pmWell, then i think I’ll just have chicken.
Report Post »Baron_Doom
Posted on July 20, 2011 at 1:21pmBlame it on global warming.
Report Post »chazman
Posted on July 20, 2011 at 1:35pmI woke up this morning. Had breakfast, the got mauled by a leopard… where is the
Report Post »LEOPARD OF THE SNOW when we need her?
nysparkie
Posted on July 20, 2011 at 1:19pmJohnny Weissmuller would have shown them how to handle that cat. I NEVER saw him lose a fight against a BIG CAT as Tarzan. Umgowa!!
Report Post »nysparkie
Posted on July 20, 2011 at 1:24pmhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzPotARTxsM
Here he kicks another one’s arse
Report Post »SgtB
Posted on July 20, 2011 at 9:27pmThis is in response to your belief that the earth will be over run with humans in the near future…
1st, this has been a long held belief and the free thinkers of the world, dating back as far as the Roman empire there were men who proclaimed that we would be like locusts on the land and suck it dry. Hasn’t happened yet.
2nd, the Georgia guide stones proclaim that the carrying capacity of the earth is 500 million, that means that we need to exterminate 5.5 billion people, or about 95% of the world’s population. Who will choose who should live and who must die or be sterilized? Are you up to that task?
3rd, There are advances in technology every year and every once in a while there are breakthroughs that allow us to support even more people than we have. This is the natural cycle of human invention and it has served us well. Today, there are more large game animals in the US than there were in 1900 despite having an vastly greater human population. To throw some numbers out, ~ 500,000 deer in 1900, today, 1.5 million car-deer accidents a year, ~ 20+ million population. Bison, 100,000. This is a trend due to the fact that man has evolved in his needs for land and how food is obtained. More people live in cities and that leaves alot of farm land with little human population and alot of food.
Finally, as countries become more advanced, the birth rate drops drastically due to decreased child mortality and other factors.
You are being simply naiv
Report Post »Islesfordian
Posted on July 20, 2011 at 1:16pmThey should have tried this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0ue8bYKMbE&NR=1
Report Post »mrknite
Posted on July 20, 2011 at 1:18pmHey we should try that on Obama!
Report Post »AlmostaCowboy
Posted on July 20, 2011 at 2:21pmThat’s hilarious. (put it on Obama)!
Report Post »JATSR48
Posted on July 20, 2011 at 1:15pmLeopard stew anyone?
Report Post »imreddog
Posted on July 20, 2011 at 1:12pmHey, @ProbIemSoIver
Report Post »I volunteer you to be the one that is sacrificed to “make things even”. You are an idiot!
They should hire me to kill hundreds of the leopards….. you know… just to “make things even”.
mrknite
Posted on July 20, 2011 at 1:10pmOk WHEN did they try to use the trank? Was it after the leapord tried to eat them lol or after? NO NO wait lets throw rocks at it and poke it with sticks first….“yeah yeah”….GET HIM!!!
Oh God he just ate my ballz!!!
Report Post »broper
Posted on July 20, 2011 at 1:01pmThis is all George Bush’s fault…
Report Post »Michael600r
Posted on July 20, 2011 at 1:06pmClearly
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on July 20, 2011 at 1:17pmwe got black panthers…..& they are protected by the DOJ
Report Post »Baron_Doom
Posted on July 20, 2011 at 1:20pmGeorge Bush and global warming.
Report Post »vtxphantom
Posted on July 20, 2011 at 2:19pmI see obama written all over this leopard attack.
Report Post »ProbIemSoIver
Posted on July 20, 2011 at 12:57pmI am sorry to hear that people are recovering from their injuries.
Report Post »Gypsy123
Posted on July 20, 2011 at 12:53pmJessiah great idea a few in Washington would get people moving lol
Report Post »greenturtle
Posted on July 20, 2011 at 12:48pm“Fish gotta swim, birds gotta eat.”
Report Post »-Nemo
salvawhoray
Posted on July 20, 2011 at 12:51pmand Obama has to go. lol
Report Post »mrknite
Posted on July 20, 2011 at 1:15pmI can see Obama being rounded up the same way lol.
Report Post »deweydewmeyer
Posted on July 20, 2011 at 12:45pmKoolkata is now Deadkata…….
Report Post »Maybe that cat can now perform those same leaping head gnawing tactics on Uncle Teddy, Whats that you say?
Oh ……… The cat went to cat heaven and not to pig hell?………. never mind
jakartaman
Posted on July 20, 2011 at 12:41pmUnfortunately once its associated humans for a food source its over for this wonderful creature.
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on July 20, 2011 at 12:53pmProbably, over-hunting in the forest caused this cat to find another source of food. Too bad they weren’t able to tranquilize it quick enough.
Report Post »chips1
Posted on July 20, 2011 at 2:32pmMichelle!!!! How would you like another vacation? All expenses paid?
Report Post »deweydewmeyer
Posted on July 20, 2011 at 12:41pmKoolkata is now Deadkata
Report Post »jessieH
Posted on July 20, 2011 at 12:39pmLet’s put a few dozen in the Senate chambers. I’ll bet they get their asses moving,then!
Report Post »santramir
Posted on July 20, 2011 at 12:37pmface it, tons of city humans are pleased to see the nature in agony soon going to look like mars.
Report Post »cessna152
Posted on July 20, 2011 at 12:43pmIs that in Camden? If so the neighborhood looks much better….
Report Post »krenshau
Posted on July 20, 2011 at 1:09pmYour English is in agony.
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on July 20, 2011 at 12:36pmA Beautiful animal protecting itself.
Report Post »Erica Sparrow
Posted on July 20, 2011 at 1:51pmCouldn’t agree more. Humans are the ONLY species who doesn’t belong here. Humans are the ONLY species who is over-populated. Yet we have the audacity to move THEM out of their habitats.
Report Post »AlmostaCowboy
Posted on July 20, 2011 at 3:04pm@Erica – Humans doesn’t belong here? Where does we belongs? Your planet?
Report Post »Humans are the ONLY species who is over-populated? That not true, too.
Aside from your lack of grammar, you don’t know anything about life on THIS planet. Many species are over-populated at times. When that happens they are brought back into balance by disease, starvation or preydation.
teddrunk
Posted on July 20, 2011 at 6:00pmHumans are over populated? Where did you get that talking point. The one world people? If you think there are too many humans, show us the way, be the first.
Report Post »wickerlight
Posted on July 20, 2011 at 7:22pmActually you could fit the entire world’s population within the boundaries of Texas. Doesn’t sound too overpopulated then does it. The problem of resources could be remedied if the corruption of government could be remedied.
Report Post »thegoonch
Posted on July 20, 2011 at 12:35pmHollow point tranquilizers are the best.
Report Post »Shellback
Posted on July 20, 2011 at 12:34pmAt least it wasn’t going tor the booze like those rampaging elephants.
Report Post »thegoonch
Posted on July 20, 2011 at 12:33pmHollow point tranquilizers are best.
Report Post »nelan72
Posted on July 20, 2011 at 12:30pmIf this happened in the US someone would be trying to get a picture with the big cat. After all there is no sign on it.
Report Post »paulusmaximus
Posted on July 20, 2011 at 12:42pmIf that happen here all the villagers would be in jail now for animal cruelty! The cat would be in a clinic and given a medal for bravery.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on July 20, 2011 at 12:20pmMaybe try the tranquilizer gun a little sooner next tim? You mooks.
Report Post »The_Outlaw
Posted on July 20, 2011 at 12:19pmThat’s one bad ass Leapord. Sorry to hear that it had to be killed. :(
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