WICHITA, Kan. ? A 7-year-old Kansas boy who was clawed by a leopard last week during a school field trip to a zoo in Wichita is out of the hospital.
The first-grader went home Monday, three days after his run-in with the big cat at the Sedgwick County Zoo.
Zoo officials say the boy climbed over a 4-foot railing around the leopard exhibit, crossed an 8-foot safety zone and stood next to the metal mesh fence. The leopard was able to get its paws through the mesh and clawed the boy on the neck and face.
KAKE-TV reports the boy's family issued a statement Monday thanking bystanders who rushed to help after the attack.
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