Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Leopard scalps man in India

Manas Paran / The Sunday Indian via AP

A wild full grown leopard scalps the head of a man as it attacks after wandering into a residential neighborhood in Gauhati, India, Jan. 7. The leopard ventured into a crowded area, killing one and injuring four others before it was captured and caged.

The Associated Press reports:

Manas Paran / AP

A man looks to a bystander after he was attacked by a wild leopard in a residential neighborhood in Gauhati, in the northern state of Assam, India, on Saturday, Jan. 7.

A leopard that wandered into a city in eastern India went on a rampage, killing one man, swiping off part of another man's scalp and injuring three other people before authorities tranquilized it.

Neighbors in Gauhati say the leopard attacked a 50-year-old lawyer as he talked on his cellphone Saturday evening outside his house. He was rushed to a hospital where he died Sunday.

Four other people were injured, including a man who had part of his scalp torn off in a dramatic attack captured by a local newspaper photographer.

Gauhati wildlife official Utpal Bora says authorities plan to release the animal at a wildlife park 120 miles west of the city.

Conservationists say deforestation is increasingly pushing leopards into populated areas.

More from The Telegraph India: Leopard panic in Guwahati

Previously on PhotoBlog: Leopard mauls six in village in India

Source: http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/01/08/10054121-wild-leopard-scalps-man-after-wandering-into-neighborhood-in-india

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