Shocking footage has emerged of a wild leopard happening an unprovoked rampage by a northeastern Indian city, injuring at the very least 15 folks.

The clip circulating on social media Tuesday exhibits the massive cat leaping over a barbed wire fence earlier than latching onto a passing van in Jorhat.

The animal manages to tear some trim off the surface of the automobile earlier than scampering again down the street. 

The leopard attacked at the very least 15 folks, together with a forest guard and mom and her two daughters, earlier than escaping into the comb, News18 reported.

“Some residents had a close shave as the leopard was roaming in their courtyards,” Ranjit Konwar, a divisional forest officer in Jorhat, advised the Telegraph.

“Many of the injured were bitten and needed hospitalization but they seem to be out of danger now.”

The animal was tranquilized final Thursday following a two-day search. It will bear additional examination earlier than being launched into Kaziranga National Park.

Leopards sometimes don’t assault people with out provocation, officers defined to the Telegraph. While it’s unknown what precipitated the Jorhat rampage, it’s believed that the animal escaped the close by Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary searching for meals.

Big cat assaults have sadly grow to be extra widespread in India, because the rising inhabitants and want for housing and infrastructure encroaches on forested areas.

In early November, two similar clips went viral of a leopard tackling a motorcyclist within the southern city of Krishnarajanagara earlier than being subdued by a bunch of villagers.

“Crazy! Never seen this on video where men caught a leopard with bare hands!!!! Brave,” one commenter gushed on the time.

In 2021 alone, 500 folks and 100 elephants have been killed in human-animal conflicts. India’s Minister of Environment Bhupendra Yadav blamed the fatalities on “competition for resources.”