Shocking CCTV footage has emerged showing of the moment a wild leopard wandered into the apartment lobby and snatched a pet dog.
The chilling clip lasts just 21 seconds, but films the entire savage attack in a housing complex in Mulund, northeast of Mumbai, India.
A fixed security camera picks up the sleek silhouette of the big cat as it strolls into the lobby.
The lightly coloured dog can be seen curled up, possibly asleep, in the bottom right of shot - oblivious to the approaching predator.
Within a few seconds the leopard has closed in on the unsuspecting pet.
By the time the canine realises it is in mortal danger, the leopard clamps its jaws around the dog's throat.
The pet ferociously struggles in vain to free itself from the cat's vice-like-grip, as it is dragged towards the exit, during the video clip.
The leopard pauses for a moment, standing its front legs on its stricken prey, then darts towards the open doors.
The entire attack lasts little more than seven seconds before the dog is pulled out of camera shot and into the darkness of the Mumbai streets, where it is assumed it was eaten.
Leopards have mauled or killed more than 100 people over the past decade in and around Mumbai and official attempts to solve the problem were making it worse.
The problem or wild cat attacks is not restricted to India.
Earlier this year, marksmen had to shoot dead a leopard which seriously injured 15 people - including three police officers - after wandering into a suburb of Kathmandu.
A furious crowd dragged the mortally wounded animal through the streets of Gothatar on the outskirts of Kathmandu at.
Graphic photographs capture residents fleeing for their lives as the leopard prowled between buildings.
Armed police from Metropolitan Police Circle, Koteshwor, were on the scene within minutes and managed to corner the animal, but not before it had mauled more than a dozen residents.
Upto three policemen and two officials from the Department of Forest were injured as they tried to trap the wild cat, according to local reports.
Police said that all the injured were rushed to Mother Land Hospital, Pepsicola for the medical treatment.
The chilling clip lasts just 21 seconds, but films the entire savage attack in a housing complex in Mulund, northeast of Mumbai, India.
A fixed security camera picks up the sleek silhouette of the big cat as it strolls into the lobby.
The lightly coloured dog can be seen curled up, possibly asleep, in the bottom right of shot - oblivious to the approaching predator.
Within a few seconds the leopard has closed in on the unsuspecting pet.
By the time the canine realises it is in mortal danger, the leopard clamps its jaws around the dog's throat.
The pet ferociously struggles in vain to free itself from the cat's vice-like-grip, as it is dragged towards the exit, during the video clip.
The leopard pauses for a moment, standing its front legs on its stricken prey, then darts towards the open doors.
The entire attack lasts little more than seven seconds before the dog is pulled out of camera shot and into the darkness of the Mumbai streets, where it is assumed it was eaten.
Leopards have mauled or killed more than 100 people over the past decade in and around Mumbai and official attempts to solve the problem were making it worse.
The problem or wild cat attacks is not restricted to India.
Earlier this year, marksmen had to shoot dead a leopard which seriously injured 15 people - including three police officers - after wandering into a suburb of Kathmandu.
A furious crowd dragged the mortally wounded animal through the streets of Gothatar on the outskirts of Kathmandu at.
Graphic photographs capture residents fleeing for their lives as the leopard prowled between buildings.
Armed police from Metropolitan Police Circle, Koteshwor, were on the scene within minutes and managed to corner the animal, but not before it had mauled more than a dozen residents.
Upto three policemen and two officials from the Department of Forest were injured as they tried to trap the wild cat, according to local reports.
Police said that all the injured were rushed to Mother Land Hospital, Pepsicola for the medical treatment.
Source : DailyMail
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