THE LEOPARD.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 19144, 9 October 1925, Page 7

THE LEOPARD.

Sir,—Everything possible should be done to kill or capture the escaped leopard, and thus relieve the strain on anxious parents. I can quite sympathise with mothers who have children going to school and I understand the anxiety it' mast cause them for fear their children may become a prey to the dreaded leopard. Aucklanders should wake up and demand that the countryside be freed from escaped wild animals. Sympathiser. Sir,—Taking for granted that the leopard had got well soused in the tan liquor, it wouid not go far before trying to clean itself by licking. Has any physiological evidence Ibeen taken to prove result of such licking? If this had been done we might now know whether to seek a live or a dead leopard and the scare of a probable wild beast attack be lifted The chances that the animal had succumbed to its tanning appear greater with the lapse of time. Such a spectacular creature could not remain indefinitely in a thickly-peopled place without making itself evident. No domestic fowl or animal has become a prey. A sick or injured animal will seek solitude, and Miss Leopard's carcase is in ail likelihood stowed in some hole of the scoria. In such event, will the discoverer be entitled to the £lO or must this have to be earned by a combat ? There is wide distinction in values between picking up a dead cat or taking a risk with a live leopard. T.D.