NEWSLINK: Officials hunt and shoot dead a leopard that escaped from a compound, after locals joined the search armed with wood and knives

Leopard shelters in house after escaping from a compound in Assam
Forest officals and police hunted the big cat with rifles
The leopard was later displayed for photographs

By STEVE HOPKINS FOR MAILONLINE

PUBLISHED: 13:56, 12 January 2015 | UPDATED: 18:39, 12 January 2015

Leopards are normally photographed and admired across the world, but in India one was shot dead after it took shelter in a house.

Locals were enraged after the big cat escaped from a compound in Assam yesterday before being located at a house in Jakhlabandha, in the Nagaon District.


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