Leopard injures six in Bangalore school, India

A male leopard which entered a school in the Indian city of Bangalore injured six people trying to capture it in a 10-hour long ordeal. The leopard, which strolled into the Vibgyor International school, was eventually tranquilized and released. A recent wildlife census estimated that India has a leopard population of between 12,000 and 14,000. Footage on the school's security cameras showed it attacking a man near a swimming pool. Conservation scientist Sanjay Gubbi and forest department employee Benny Maurius were injured when they tried to corner the animal and tranquilize him, reports say.

"It was a long struggle to capture the leopard. Although it was injected with tranquilizers it could be captured only around 20.15 local time when the medication took full effect," senior police official S Boralingaiah told reporters.

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. The captured animal has been moved to a national park.  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.