Fifty-Four Years Old Woman Fought A Wild Leopard

A 54 year-old Indian mother of one has massacred a leopard using only her farming tools after she was attacked on her way home from farm.
DailyMail UK reports that Kamla Devi was attacked by leopard on her way home from the fields, but instead of feeling helpless, she fought back fiercely using a sickle and a small spade to fight back. The face-off between the woman and the leopard took about 60mins, with the leopard giving her deep body cuts and three fractures, making her lose significant amounts of blood before she got help. 

Attack: Kamla Devi, 54, remains in hospital after a one-hour battle with the leopard near her village in Rudraprayag district, Uttarakhand on Sunday

However, the dead animal was found near Ms Devi’s village, Koti Bodna, in Rudarprayag, although it was later made known that it fled when it realise fighting the helpless woman, still could not overpower.

However, a wildlife expert Lakhpat Rawat was amazed at the bravery of the 54-year-old woman and also the minutes involved in the tussle between the woman and the animal. The expert said:“ A leopard will back out from attack only when it finds the opposition is strong. Mostly the attack is limited to a few minutes, not more than 10 minutes. I also feel that the large number of injuries would have motivated the beast to continue attacking in the hope of killing the woman,” he said.

Injured but alive:

The mother-of-one had to walk more than half-a-mile before she could get help.

Ms Devi, who is a widow, told local media that she remembers the entire fight, and how long it was. Medical staff said that although she was in stable condition, she had to have more than 100 stitches, suffering deep cuts on her head and legs. She is also being treated for two fractures on her right hand and one on her left.

Just recently, a leopard created fear in the hearts of many patients in an Indian hospital.