LUCKNOW: A northern city stayed on alert yesterday after a wild leopard strayed into a hospital, a cinema and an apartment block, officials
said.
Authorities had closed schools, colleges and markets on Monday in Meerut, 60kilometres northeast of the Indian capital, after the leopard was discovered prowling the city’s streets.
Wildlife officials backed by police have fanned out across the city of 3.5 million people to try to tranquilise and catch the animal, although there were no sightings on Tuesday.
“It is quite possible that the leopard has retreated to the jungle by now, but we can’t take chances. We are on the alert,” senior local forestry official S K Rastogi told AFP.
AFP
