In brief
A leopard burst onto a liquor store in Rajasthan, India, and attacked a salesman and a cleaning worker. CCTV captured the animal as it stalked the shop, yet employees fled and shut the shop to trap the leopard. Wildlife officials tranquilised the animal after roughly five hours and safely released it back into its habitat.
Leopard attack on liquor store in Rajasthan
CCTV footage captured a wild leopard bursting into a liquor store in the northern Indian state of Rajasthan, headbutting a salesman and later attacking a cleaning worker inside the shop.
Thankfully the employees were not seriously injured; they managed to escape as the animal hunkered down near the counter, while shopkeepers and local residents shut the doors to trap it inside.
After nearly five hours of containment, wildlife officials tranquilised the beast, gently captured it, and then released it back into its natural habitat, according to local authorities.
The incident highlights the increasing territorial encroachment of wild animals into human spaces in the region.
