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: By 500grains


I SAW it, my point was it appeared others DID NOT.
Guess my method was unclear.
Just seemed that IF one read it CAREFULLY, one could hardly fault someone else.
Glass houses , stones, etc.



I must disagree. The shooter knew there was a dog handler, but fired a .300 win mag not knowing where the bullet would land. As it turned out, unfortunately, the bullet landed in a man's pelvis.

Add to that the fact that very few humans are killed by leopard attacks, but a torso hit from a .300 win mag has a very significant chance of being fatal, and it looks like the shooter was negligent.

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From BB's statement

Nic showed me the flattened grass in an area surrounded by bushes where the leopard had been hiding when the dogs were last barking. The dogs were scattered all around us looking for tracks and as I was examining the flattened grass area I heard a dog begin to bark. Before the dog could even get the whole bark out I heard the growl of the leopard. When I heard Nic’s shot go off I stepped out from behind him and saw the leopard come out from behind a bush. The leopard paused for a moment and in the tall grass I could see only slightly more than the outline of the leopard’s back. I saw that the leopard had been hit and it stopped with its head down in the grass. I got my rifle up and took a shot at the part of the leopard that I could see. The leopard then jumped up and Nic hit it again with another shot as the leopard ran into the bush and Nic ran after it to make sure it would not come back to attack again. At this moment I heard Zukile yell, we realized that Punki had been shot and we called Nic back and he sent Classen to get the car. We held pressure on the wound and we kept Punki awake until the car could get through the thick brush to where we were. We loaded him into the back seat of the car and I jumped on the back of the cruiser. The entire way to the hospital I was trying to figure out what had happened. I could only imagine that I had shot over the leopard and hit Punki as he was running away. I didn’t know where they had been standing so I assumed that he had just run when the leopard charged. It was only after we had wheeled him into the emergency room that Simon told me “You should see what the leopard did to his ankle.” My response was a suprised “The leopard bit him? When did the leopard bite him?” Simon then told me that Punki had been attacked and mauled by the leopard and that he was in fact under the leopard when I shot.

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The fact is the PH fired first, and BB followed up with her shot, then the PH fired again, all in the time it takes to work the bolt on his rifle. BB did not know the handeler was even near the leopard till Simon told her! IMO, the fact that the PH was shooting at the animal,would indicate to most that the leopard was a safe target for her shot, then the PH fired again after her! HUMMM!

What I see as negligent is passing judgement on a happening where none of us were there, and the PH himself said there was no blame to be attached to BB at all. Besides we are not sure "WHO" actually shot the handeler!

Kangaroo courts seldom get the right guy! I say there isn't a swinging d!(k here who knows what he would do in that 2.5 seconds! I agree with the poster who said GLASS HOUSES..........

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