{A male leopard which entered a school in the Indian city of Bangalore injured six people trying to capture it.}<\/p>\n
A scientist and a forestry employee were among those mauled during the near 10-hour long effort to corner the dangerous animal on Sunday.<\/p>\n
The leopard, which strolled into the Vibgyor International school, was eventually tranquilised and released.<\/p>\n
A recent wildlife census estimated that India has a leopard population of between 12,000 and 14,000.<\/p>\n
The eight-year-old male was spotted strolling inside the school premises in the Kundalahalli area.<\/p>\n
Footage on the school’s security cameras showed it attacking a man near a swimming pool.<\/p>\n
Conservation scientist Sanjay Gubbi and forest department employee Benny Maurius were injured when they tried to corner the animal and tranquilise him, reports say.<\/p>\n
“It was a long struggle to capture the leopard. Although it was injected with tranquilisers it could be captured only around 20.15 local time when the medication took full effect,” senior police official S Boralingaiah told reporters.<\/p>\n
Wildlife official Ravi Ralph told the BBC Hindi’s Imran Qureshi that the leopard possibly strayed into the school from a patch of forest not far from the school.<\/p>\n
The captured animal has been moved to a national park and the six injured people, including a cameraperson of a TV channel, have been treated for minor injuries.<\/p>\n
Leopards and other big cats have been known to stray into populated areas, and conservationists have warned that such confrontations may increase as humans encroach on animal habitats.<\/p>\n
Last year a male leopard spent five hours with its head stuck in a metal pot in a village in the northern state of Rajasthan.<\/p>\n
Source:BBC:[Indian leopard injures six in Bangalore school->http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-india-35519414]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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