She smiled at the wolf and leopardess, who didn't quite share her excitement. |
Hamburg Zoo's specimen was the reverse pairing, the one in the black-and-white photo, fathered by a puma bred to an Indian leopardess. |
When the Leopardess returned, she asked for her children, that she might suckle them. |
An unidentified poacher opened fire on the leopardess with the bullet hitting her in the back, WWF representatives said in a statement. |
The six-month-old cat had become stuck while playing in some branches and woke the leopardess who swatted him and left him hanging. |
Had I indeed had a leopardess for my bedfellow, or had I but dreamed it? |