Leopard enters a hotel in Nainital and creates panic - leaves on its own

Nainital is a hilly place and tourist spot with forest around and it is natural for wild animals like leopards to be seen around but, when such an animal enters a hotel, it creates understandable panic. And, that is what happened. It was the second instance of a wild animal wandering into human habitation.
Earlier this month, on July 10, a Himalayan bear was spotted swimming in Naini lake - it had presumably come from a nearby jungle. Now, it was a leopard that created a furor in the hill town. It walked into a hotel after breaking a glass window and entered a room occupied by a couple. The hotel is in the Tallital area and the incident happened at around 4.30am.
This has been reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 31 July 2016.

Once the alarm was raised, it rushed into the bathroom attached to the room from where it escaped through the ventilation window after a couple of hours. The occupant of the room was awakened by the sound of shattering glass and saw the leopard. When the rescue team tried to bring it safely out, it was scared by the noise and tried to attack one of the personnel who was trying to sedate it with a dart gun. Subsequently, it managed to escape on its own.
It seems it had drifted into the town in search of food at the garbage mound near Hanumangarhi and was probably chased by dogs. Tat made it come to the hotel and, seeing its image reflected in the window, it probably mistook it for another leopard and attacked the reflection. Thus it broke the window and entered.


Image courtesy wikimediacommons.org

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