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India schools shut in Bangalore over leopard fears
bbc.com ^ | 11 February 2016 | bbc

Posted on 02/12/2016 2:32:51 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper

More than 100 schools have been closed in Bangalore after reports that another leopard was sighted on the outskirts of the Indian city.

Residents were asked to stay indoors and police and forest officials were trying to track the elusive cat.

A male leopard entered a city school on Sunday and injured six people who tried to capture it.

A scientist and a forestry employee were among those mauled during the 10-hour-long effort to corner the animal.

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Death in the Long Grass
1 posted on 02/12/2016 2:32:51 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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2 posted on 02/12/2016 2:46:35 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Berlin_Freeper

The answers for Bangalore would be a Bangalore Torpedo.


3 posted on 02/12/2016 2:46:58 AM PST by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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‘Who’s a good kitty? Why YOU’RE a good kitty!’


4 posted on 02/12/2016 3:23:40 AM PST by Ken H
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To: Berlin_Freeper

A very good book.


5 posted on 02/12/2016 3:33:19 AM PST by spetznaz (Nuclear-tipped Ballistic Missiles: The Ultimate Phallic Symbol)
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A male leopard entered a city school on Sunday and injured six people who tried to capture it.

I suppose evacuating the building and waiting for the cat to leave didn't cross their minds?

6 posted on 02/12/2016 3:45:55 AM PST by Tax-chick ("We have no values in common with Saudi Arabia."~ Daniel Greenfield)
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Leopard versus Scientist


7 posted on 02/12/2016 3:57:42 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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Just kill the damn thing. How stupid can you be?


8 posted on 02/12/2016 4:16:53 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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Scientist doesn’t seem all that bright.


9 posted on 02/12/2016 4:43:35 AM PST by Tax-chick ("We have no values in common with Saudi Arabia."~ Daniel Greenfield)
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SHOOT IT!!!

............oooops.....no guns allowed.

Sorry—my bad.


10 posted on 02/12/2016 5:28:11 AM PST by Flintlock (-Our ballot box STOLEN, our soap box GONE, we're left with our bullet box, now.---)
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They’re an internationally protected endangered species.


11 posted on 02/12/2016 6:30:02 AM PST by Tax-chick ("We have no values in common with Saudi Arabia."~ Daniel Greenfield)
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What about guns that shoot tranquilizer darts?


12 posted on 02/12/2016 11:09:36 AM PST by Cecily
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“They’re an internationally protected endangered species”

Apparently actual human beings in India enjoy no protection at all.

L


13 posted on 02/12/2016 11:14:47 AM PST by Lurker (Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
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I looked up "leopard gun" and found this

Not exactly what I was looking for, but still better than a stick.

14 posted on 02/12/2016 11:15:13 AM PST by freedomlover
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Where’s Jim Corbett when you need him?


15 posted on 02/12/2016 11:16:35 AM PST by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Lurker

Those people could all have gotten out of the way.


16 posted on 02/12/2016 1:40:28 PM PST by Tax-chick ("We have no values in common with Saudi Arabia."~ Daniel Greenfield)
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I’ll tell you what, lets release a wild hungry leopard into the school your kids attend. You can then tell everyone to “get out of the way”. Or you can call someone with a gun.

Pick one.

L


17 posted on 02/12/2016 2:28:26 PM PST by Lurker (Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
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Leopards are not found in my neighborhood.


18 posted on 02/12/2016 2:33:51 PM PST by Tax-chick ("We have no values in common with Saudi Arabia."~ Daniel Greenfield)
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We have to occasional jaguar in New Mexico, el tigre!


19 posted on 02/12/2016 2:38:34 PM PST by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Who’s your kitty? :-)


20 posted on 02/12/2016 2:56:56 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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