The Lion Chases the Leopard while the Jackal Laughs

Drama, often life and death, is continuous in the animal world, but humans don’t usually see it or recognize it.

In the Samburu National Park in Kenya I had occasion to witness the dominance of the lion. However, lion was not what we were out to see that day. It was the leopard, the last of the ‘big five’ (buffalo, elephant, lion, rhinoceros, leopard) on “the list”. It is the best climber of the great cats of Africa and capable of leaping more than five metres vertically. It frequently drags its kill, sometimes three or four times its own…