--- description: Wild cat prowled through streets in Meerut, India before entering a hospital where it stayed for 12 hours. The leopard injured seven people, and is reportedly still on the loose. title: PHOTOS: Leopard Runs Rampage in Hospital in Degumpur, India image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt26c01f0fbf0b1a67/6986834ce53abaa8964d1379/leopard-rampage-india-01.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Leopard Runs Rampage in Indian City by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 24, 2014 9:21 PM CUT  The leopard leaps across an under-construction structure near a furniture market in the Degumpur residential area of Meerut The leopard leaps across an under-construction structure near a furniture market in the Degumpur residential area of MeerutAFP—Getty Images by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 24, 2014 9:21 PM CUT  The leopard leaps across an under-construction structure near a furniture market in the Degumpur residential area of Meerut AFP—Getty Images  The leopard looks through a window of the Meerut Cantonment Hospital as an official approaches AFP—Getty Images  The leopard squeezes through a hole in the hospital wall. The cat is said to still be on the loose. AFP—Getty Images ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/10785/leopard-runs-rampage-in-indian-city/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/10785/leopard-runs-rampage-in-indian-city/"},"headline":"Leopard Runs Rampage in Indian City","datePublished":"2014-02-24T21:21:46.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:08:37.088Z","description":"Wild cat prowled through streets in Meerut, India before entering a hospital where it stayed for 12 hours. The leopard injured seven people, and is reportedly still on the loose.","url":"https://time.com/10785/leopard-runs-rampage-in-indian-city/","keywords":["India"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt26c01f0fbf0b1a67/6986834ce53abaa8964d1379/leopard-rampage-india-01.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt26c01f0fbf0b1a67/6986834ce53abaa8964d1379/leopard-rampage-india-01.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The leopard leaps across an under-construction structure near a furniture market in the Degumpur residential area of Meerut","caption":"The leopard leaps across an under-construction structure near a furniture market in the Degumpur residential area of Meerut","creditText":"AFP—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/10785/leopard-runs-rampage-in-indian-city/","name":"Leopard Runs Rampage in Indian City"}}]}] ```