가우하티 주민들에 따르면 8일(현지시간) 자신의 집밖에서 휴대폰으로 통화를 하던 한 변호사(50세)가 이 표범에게 공격을 당했으며 급히 병원으로 이송됐으나 사망했다.
부상자는 4명으로 그 중 한 남성의 머릿가죽이 표범에 의해 절단되는 순간이 현지 언론 사진자에 의해 포착됐다(사진).
가우하티 야생국은 포획한 표범을 가우하티 시 서쪽 약 200km에 위치한 야생 동물원에 방생할 계획이라고 밝혔다.
환경보호가들은 산림벌채로 인해 야생 표범들이 민가로 내려오는 일이 증가하고 있다고 설명했다.
(원문기사)
Leopard kills man, scalps another in Indian city
GAUHATI, India (AP) — 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 the animal.
Neighbors in Gauhati said the big cat attacked a 50-year-old lawyer as he talked on his cell phone Sunday evening outside his house. He was rushed to hospital where he died.
Four other people were injured, including a man who had part of his scalp torn off by the animal in a dramatic episode captured by a local newspaper photographer.
Gauhati wildlife official Utpal Bora says authorities plan to release the animal at a wildlife park about 120 miles (200 kilometers) west of the city.
Conservationists say deforestation has increasingly pushed leopards into populated areas.
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