Indian forest ranger leaps off rooftop to dodge leopard attack

12-hour operation conducted to seize animal

A video making rounds on social media, from the Indian Kantabanji forest area in Odisha, shows the brave rescue struggle between villagers and a big cat.

The leopard, that had strayed away from the forest and into the village, had taken refuge in a cow-shed, in the Indian village of Kuruli. After a 12-hour long operation conducted to seize the carnivore, the animal will reportedly be shifted to Nandankanan Zoo in Bhubaneswar.



According to an Indian Express report, several people were injured in the rescue process, including a forest officer and a 16-year-old teenager.

While many videos of the rescue have been shared, one in particular went viral; in a jaw-dropping moment, an Indian forest ranger is forced to jump from a rooftop to avoid the predatory lunge of the leopard on the loose.

Watch the video here: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qhQLLthwrM