Top Ten Big Cat Encounters In India

1. The Delhi Zoo Tiger attack
A 20-year-old youth was mauled to death after he fell into the enclosure of a white tiger in Delhi zoo.

2. Leopard causes panic in Maharashtra’s village
In Maharashtra’s Chandrapur, residents tried to chase away a leopard with sticks and instead landed up fleeing for their lives when the cornered leopard turned on them.

3. Leopard enters school in India and causes panic
A leopard strayed inside a school in Karnataka's Chikmagalur, creating panic among students and teachers.

4. Leopard attacks man on his legs and drops him.
Villagers in Madhya Pradesh got to witness a real-time version of Man v/s Wild after a local man fought off a leopard attack armed only with a stick.

5. Leopard's head gets stuck in kitchen utensil
A thirsty Leopard jammed his head after trying to drink water from a pot, in Sardul Kheda in India.

6. Leopard attacks man, is lynched and hanged from tree
Angry villagers cornered a leopard and beat it to death in Tetuara Village of Purulia district in West Bengal. Villagers strung up the dead animal from a tree after chopping off its paws and tail, as the animal had injured many of them.

7. Leopard enters General's house in Haryana
A leopard was spotted at an army General’s house in Amravati Enclave, Pinjore, and it took almost six hours for the wildlife department to finally calm down the panicky people.

8. Captured leopard escapes, attacks and bounds off
Residents of Elumalmanthai village near Papparapatti helped in trapping this leopard. Frightened by the racket created by the people, the wild animal moved out of the paddy fields and entered Athiyamaankottai town where it attacked three persons, who were part of the trapping operation.

9. When Leopard attacked a town in India
This leopard was first spotted at a shop in Meerut. After residents attacked it, the leopard fled and slipped into the cantonment hospital where it attacked two people. The leopard was locked up in the hospital but managed to escape later.

10. The famous tiger and elephant encounter
A tiger jumps into the air and attacks a mahout on an elephant at Kaziranga National Park, Assam. One of the best known animal attack shots of all time!



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