Leopard attack leaves six injured
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At least six people, including two wildlife department personnel, were injured in an attack by a wild leopard that entered the civilian population in Sector 2 of a private housing society located in Islamabad.
Rescue 1122, Islamabad police and the ICT district administration failed to arrest the leopard despite an eight-hour-long operation.
Eyewitnesses said that at 3:30 pm, a large-sized wild leopard suddenly entered the population and attacked the security guard. The leopard bit the security guard in the waist and he fell on the ground.
The private security staff shifted the injured security guard to PIMS Hospital and summoned Rescue 1122 to the spot. Rescue 1122 staff from Rawalpindi reached the spot but could not start the operation due to the absence of wild leopard control equipment and called the Islamabad Wildlife Department to the spot. Rescue 1122 spokesman said that rescue personnel have asked the residents of the area to stay indoors. Rescue personnel kept making announcements with the help of loudspeakers.
Sources said DHA Phase II residents, spooked by the encounter called Rescue 1122 and the Punjab Wildlife and Parks Department to net the wild beast.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 17th, 2023.