This female leopard mauled two people and killed a third in the town of Guwahati in Assam, India. Wild animal attacks are common in India because out of control human development is taking living space from wildlife. To the Indians credit, and perhaps because of religious scruples, they did not destroy this wayward leopard; but tranquilized her, treated her wounds, and sent her back to the remaining forest
[below]. In the United States she would have been summarily destroyed as a dangerous nuisance. Just recently, two malnourished cougars that were seen close to human settlement at John Day, Oregon were shot without any injuries to humans. The cougars were hunted for six hours before being located and killed. Notice the man's partially detached scalp; he was treated at hospital and released.
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