Leopard caught off guard

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06 April 2018, 15:30

fairgame

Leopard got let off lightly.

06 April 2018, 16:32

BaxterB

A friend of mine who is involved in the industry said once they thought all the photo tourism was taking the “wild” out of the animals due to the constant interaction between people. It’s lowering their awareness due to a perceived lack of threat by the shutterbugs. Would this have happened without 3 land rovers idling in the background? Dunno.

06 April 2018, 17:01

RobinOLocksley

quote:
Originally posted by BaxterB:
A friend of mine who is involved in the industry said once they thought all the photo tourism was taking the “wild” out of the animals due to the constant interaction between people. It’s lowering their awareness due to a perceived lack of threat by the shutterbugs. Would this have happened without 3 land rovers idling in the background? Dunno.

Agreed.

06 April 2018, 17:37

BNagel

Neither leopard or lion were really serious (other than seriously beautiful.) If Leo meant business, well...

07 April 2018, 01:59

samir

That is one lucky leopard.

07 April 2018, 02:20

Bakes

quote:
Originally posted by BaxterB:
A friend of mine who is involved in the industry said once they thought all the photo tourism was taking the “wild” out of the animals due to the constant interaction between people. It’s lowering their awareness due to a perceived lack of threat by the shutterbugs. Would this have happened without 3 land rovers idling in the background? Dunno.

Thought the same thing mate

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07 April 2018, 02:53

Texas Blue Devil

quote:
Originally posted by Bakes:
quote:
Originally posted by BaxterB:
A friend of mine who is involved in the industry said once they thought all the photo tourism was taking the “wild” out of the animals due to the constant interaction between people. It’s lowering their awareness due to a perceived lack of threat by the shutterbugs. Would this have happened without 3 land rovers idling in the background? Dunno.

Thought the same thing mate

They looked like pets. Pretty sad.

07 April 2018, 03:08

crshelton

Another leopard caught off guard - while eating a farmer's goat in farm yard. Caught off guard with a 300 grain .458 Nosler PP at 2200 fps.

Never twitched - bullet was a perfect mushroom in sand under cat.

07 April 2018, 05:26

Use Enough Gun

I was seriously surprised that the Leopard did not hear or know of the lion coming, even when he was at the base of the hill. Maybe pets for sure, or maybe staged each day at 1 pm for the photo bugs by their respective trainers.

If would have been funnier if the lion had subsequently jumped in one vehicle full of the photo freaks and the leopard in another.

07 April 2018, 05:34

Beretta682E

quote:
Originally posted by Texas Blue Devil:
quote:
Originally posted by Bakes:
quote:
Originally posted by BaxterB:
A friend of mine who is involved in the industry said once they thought all the photo tourism was taking the “wild” out of the animals due to the constant interaction between people. It’s lowering their awareness due to a perceived lack of threat by the shutterbugs. Would this have happened without 3 land rovers idling in the background? Dunno.

Thought the same thing mate

They looked like pets. Pretty sad.

Not really they just treat cars as moveable rocks. They hunt around cars why you see some cool footage out of Krueger.

If you don’t hunt out trucks even in conservancies like the Save the animals don’t run on first sight. Hunting makes animals far more jumpy.

Mike

07 April 2018, 07:01

Gundog 64

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Originally posted by Beretta682E:
If you don’t hunt out trucks even in conservancies like the Save the animals don’t run on first sight. Hunting makes animals far more jumpy.

Mike

I have seen this many times driving the back roads in South Dakota with coyotes. Keep moving and they just watch you go on by. Hit the brakes and they are gone like the wind.

07 April 2018, 09:01

Rockdoc

quote:
Originally posted by Use Enough Gun:
I was seriously surprised that the Leopard did not hear or know of the lion coming, even when he was at the base of the hill. Maybe pets for sure, or maybe staged each day at 1 pm for the photo bugs by their respective trainers. If would have been funnier if the lion had subsequently jumped in one vehicle full of the photo freaks and the leopard in another.