Leopard Attack In India, 11 People Injured (DISTURBING PHOTOS)

A leopard attack in the Indian village of Prakash Nagar has left 11 people injured, the AP reports.

The animal strayed into the village on Tuesday and became startled by a crowd of onlookers, according to a wildlife official.

Forest guards eventually tranquilized the animal after several attempts.

The Hindu News reports that the animal later died at a veterinary hospital from injuries sustained during the attack.

Leopards are occasional visitors to the village, according to the Daily Mail.

See DISTURBING, GRAPHIC photos of the incident below:

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[emilyfew28]

08:08 AM on 08/19/2011

that has got to be scary.

[Meghan Christie]

12:22 PM on 07/22/2011

The real issue is that humans have populated to the point were there is no more habitat for other species. Just as encounters with bears and cougars in the western states are on the increase due to the species trying to co-exisit with humans rather than having their own teritory. Actual wilderness areas are incredibly sparse and not adequate for other species to thrive. To beat and stab the animal is brutal and unwarranted. Tried to tranquilize it, please.... Man kind has to start respecting other creatures on this earth and get over ourselves as being the only living being of importance. These are god's creatures too! I believe we were intended to be the shepard of this earth not it's demise which is what we are becoming!!!!

[xsm941f]

02:45 PM on 07/21/2011

I've received couple of replies to my earlier post. I am an animal lover. The Leopard is magnificent. But the folks acting like THEY would have tried to safely "relocate" it are being totally disingenuous. Think if you find out a Leopard is loose in your neighborhood. You have kids out playing in the yard. Some of you I presume are more concerned about the Leopard then you or your kid being a hot lunch. Give me a break. The Leopard's very nature programs it to snap your or your kid's neck. Not its fault but reality. I can just see some of you screaming "don't shoot" as its about to attack you or your kid.

[emerging pattern]

03:32 PM on 07/21/2011

You are assuming the your beliefe that mind-jostling terror without mediating objectivity is the only possible reaction is tyour bias but not representative of whole truth.

[runner 08]

03:49 PM on 07/21/2011

just a gentle reminder... the topic is an incident in which a leopard came into an Indian village, not you and your posts.

[xsm941f]

01:07 AM on 07/21/2011

First it was indeed sad that magnificent creature died. But I think some on this thread need to get a grip. Let's say you live in that village. A leopard comes into the village where your CHILDREN are out running around or in school. So do you stand by while your kid is a hot lunch because "it's such a beautiful animal and it's not really it's fault." Really? Let's remember they tranquilized it. Tried NOT to kill it. I love animals but please.

[emerging pattern]

10:07 AM on 07/21/2011

There's loving animnals like one loves one's ipod or favorite teevee show and there is "love" that respects an animal for what it is without expecting it to conform to human expectations and standards.

We are all part of the "whole". Humans have just managed to dominate habitat n many areas. While it's perfectly understandable that teh villagers would want to relocate the leaopard, doing so without injury (like using the tranquilizer promptly, effectively) would have been possible.

[UnknownSolider]

02:03 PM on 07/21/2011

but he mentioned what if it was your KID, just like a mama bear will protect her cubs, humans will protect their children

[arabianway]

03:36 PM on 07/22/2011

They didn't try hard enough. The leopard died of injuries sustained during the "attack." That is the only part of this I find disturbing. Had they left it alone even briefly, it no doubt would have left the vicinity.

[Arthur Spooner]

11:44 PM on 07/20/2011

Gawd am I that harden as a human being? I didn't find it THAT disturbing.

[exile]

09:46 PM on 07/20/2011

sometimes a camera just isn't enough

[Karthik Gurumurthy]

09:40 PM on 07/20/2011

where is mowgli, when you need him

[Edward Wilkes]

10:18 PM on 07/21/2011

Very funny! nice one!!!

[dannyconda]

09:30 PM on 07/20/2011

This Leopard Trekked from le Tour de France.

[Dnietz]

08:53 PM on 07/20/2011

Alternate headline:

Humans encroach on leopard's home territory by building illegal village, and after years of injustice, leopard still refuses to give up his rights and tries to defend his right to life and liberty.

[Michelle Hann]

01:46 AM on 07/21/2011

here, here...this leopard died after being beaten and stabbed to death when i could have easily been tranquilized and removed from the village...humans must be the dumbest and deadliest animals out there to fear...let's evolve already

[Michelle Hann]

01:48 AM on 07/21/2011

...humans are the deadliest animals on this planet...let's evolve, people!

[SSHARLIE101]

07:59 PM on 07/20/2011

ITS damm SHAME realy killing the poor animal, and yes i understand these people are scared of it, ,but as long you leave it alone , darn it, it wont bother you, dont they know that, and another thing, Were is the tranculizer's gun's to put the animal to sleep instead, of killing it, this is not a joke at all, This is call STUPID, nonsence thats for sure, of course the CATT going to be freaking out its never been to close to people dont they get that, O im so mad on STUPIDITY, FOOLISHNESS , i cant beleive they killed it, i bet these guy's are alive, HELLO call for the TRACULIZER'S for the animal's DA, i bett you the CAT got babies in the back wood's too, dont they even know that, STUPID.

[MotorcycleBoy]

08:54 PM on 07/20/2011

The story says the big cat was tranquillized, not killed...For which I'm very happy. I hope the people are ok too.

[iammykl]

09:11 PM on 07/20/2011

The animal later died due to injuries sustained from the attack. Anyway, didn't anyone tell the guy with his back turned that there was a leopard behind him? Duh.

[capstan]

11:01 PM on 07/20/2011

Well, in the photos, they appear to be holding their fire, even as the cat is on the back of one of the wildlife officers, trying to bite his neck. Normally, I would side with the cat, but it could have run away, instead of attacking. And it quite possibly could be rabid, since it is acting abnormally.

[Stephen G Ford]

12:23 AM on 07/21/2011

"it could have run away"
Not if it thought it was surrounded... and from the looks of the animal... he is FEELING THREATENED... expecting an animal to make RATIONAL DECISIONS under these kinds of situations is a SURE WAY to get attacked! This is REALLY sad! I'm glad no people were killed... but I am VERY sad that the animal died! (It sounds like the people all came out to watch the "SPECTACLE" and the animal FREAKED) :(

[LiveTheSheenDream]

07:23 PM on 07/20/2011

Man, that's wild. Imagine having to worry about leopards, tigers, lions and elephants storming your village at night? All's we worry about are lawn moles and kids with rolls of toilet paper.

[linton]

06:46 PM on 07/20/2011

These folks are brave. One thing I know for sure is that I am not touching any kind of wild animal, dead or alive.

[Christina-Xena]

06:07 PM on 07/20/2011

Let's acknowledge that this beautiful beast is a hunter, and we by comparison are just potential weak prey. Without weapons this leapord totally owns us, and with weapons it still whipped some human butt, repeatedly. "You way up there on the truck, I'll just come up and use you for a chewie toy for awhile!" And when they finally got a lucky shot off, they subdued it with so many nets you could barely see it! I have no doubt that the over-subdue is what finally killed it.

The best option is let any such beast come-and-go in a village, without being distrubed or provoked, in order to co-exist in a jungle environment. If that's not allowed, then you may win in the end, but you'll get shedded pretty good till then. Their response showed a major disrespect for the natural order of things, in a wild environment.

My sympathies go out to the killed leopard, not the idiot looking "forest guards" who couldn't guard themselves very well, much less a jungle. I loved the helmet look many had, but a leapord can still grab you and snap your neck.

Lesson to learn: don't mess with major natural preditors in their habitat areas, least you want to be owned and eaten by them! If they come to visit, let them be, or at worse set off a string of firecrackers to scare them away!

[CSNC]

10:12 PM on 07/20/2011

Thanks for saying it, Chrstina-Xena.

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[emerging pattern]

09:53 AM on 07/21/2011

Excellent post.

[skipdude37]

05:53 PM on 07/20/2011

To all you people advocating the rights of animals and their habitat, i suggest you vacate the planet as soon as possible as YOU have invaded the animals natural habitat and are a menace to their welfare and right to roam free. I wish you people would think before you speak out for these animals. See we live in a world where we have to co-habitat with animals. When one of them roam through your town and eat your children you kill it. Thats how nature works. Perhaps some of you animal activists would like to offer yourselves or your children to the animals. Get some common sense or shut up.

[scole77777]

06:09 PM on 07/20/2011

Haha, I have one more fan than you for obvious reasons.

[SusanElizabeth1949]

07:46 PM on 07/20/2011

No you don't.

[bad spelling grammar]

06:33 PM on 07/20/2011

I would rather offer you because you bring nothing to society other than your BS

[emerging pattern]

09:58 AM on 07/21/2011

I agree with you! ..accidentally hit "flag" -- sorry. I've favortied you and would do so twice if I could, to counter the accidental "flag".

[Dewts]

05:50 PM on 07/20/2011

11 to 1? think its clear who won that round. and we call ourselves the top of the food chain.