Leopard Kills 15 in Western Nepal
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Man continues to encroach on territories once owned by the animals of our world, and as we do conflicts are inevitable, and sometimes these conflicts have deadly consequences as is the case with at least one angry leopard.
A horrific story from western Nepal: Authorities are hunting for a man-eating leopard that may have killed 15 people, including a 4-year-old boy whose head was found in a forest, CNN reports.
At most two leopards are behind the attacks, officials say, because man-eating leopards are so rare—and this one is unlikely to stop. “Since human blood has more salt than animal blood, once wild animals get the taste of salty blood they do not like other animals like deer,” says Maheshwor Dhakal, a government ecologist.
So far the victims are all women and children in villages that border dense forests, but officials suspect the leopard of killing people in India too. The creature’s strategy is simple: drag each victim into a forest and eat everything it can. Only the head—and with adult victims parts of the body—are left behind. Now officials are skirting the law against killing wild animals by offering about $300 to anyone who hunts down the animal. “There is no alternative but to kill the leopard,” says Dhakal.
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Another shame of this story is that you never hear about poachers being eaten by animals they’re poaching.
I am not sure when we humans are going to understand that the more we encroach into the wilderness the more we are going to come into conflict wildlife. The problem is that ultimately there will be no more wildlife, just humans which is a sad comment on us. We are, without a doubt, the worst of the animal species.
There is nothing good about the situation. They cannot allow people to continue to be killed. The leopard is doing only what nature does, surviving.
It reminds me of what is always said by the media after a shark “attack”. That it was “shark-infested waters”. What arrogant nonsense. It was human-infested waters. It’s the shark’s home. If humans insist upon being in their pantry, they will sometimes become lunch. That’s the way of nature.
Much the same applies here as you pointed out. Humans invade the territory of animals. The animals are not “fighting back” they are taking advantage of easy prey.
James I couldn’t agree more, especially when it comes to sharks. I am irritated by the oft-used phrase “shark-infested waters.” It’s akin to saying people infested Beijing. Well, yeah. People live there, just like sharks live in the sea. While there are some locations that speak to larger shark populations, that does not mean “infested.” It’s must nature. Now tell me why I feel so sorry for the leopard?
You might feel sorry for the leopard because that one, and probably several others will be killed for the “crime” of being a leopard doing what leopards do naturally.