Leopard Attacks Colo. Boy at Zoo

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) _ A leopard bit the head of a 6-year-old boy who climbed an embankment at a zoo to get a better look at the big cats on Tuesday.

Two off-duty Colorado State Patrol workers at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo kicked the 72-pound leopard away from Phillip Rupert and pulled him to safety. He was released from a hospital after being treated for puncture wounds on his forehead and neck.

Police said Phillip was with his mother and a sibling when they stopped at the Asian Highlands exhibit. He climbed over a rope and scrambled up the embankment, then leaned against a fence that surrounded the enclosure. The leopard pushed his head through the fence and bit the boy.

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