Friday, February 21, 2025

Leopard Reunion



Here's a story that illustrates the problems that arise when civilization encroaches on wildlife. A leopard mother will often leave her babies someplace she thinks is safe while she hunts. But this one left three cubs in a field that was plowed for crops, which isn't safe at all. She might have retrieved them soon, but someone took the cubs in as abandoned. We don't find out from the video where this was, but it's from Wildlife SOS, which operates in India, mainly to save elephants, so that may be a clue. Anyway, the best place for leopard cubs is with their mother. Volunteers took the cubs to the place where the mother was last spotted. And here you have to consider the bravery of the person who is carrying a litter of leopard cubs in the dark where you know the mom is hiding. That's true dedication to the mission! Still, this story has a happy ending, and if anyone was injured, they would have told us about it.   



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