Leopards still roam wild throughout many parts of India, including the Himalayan foothills of Garhwal and Kumaon which together make up Uttarakhand. While I travelled in that region in late 2006 I wondered whether I might glimpse a leopard; later, on returning to the lowlands of Rajasthan and reading a newspaper that reported the killing of a young girl by a leopard in Uttarakhand (known then as Uttaranchal), I thought maybe glimpsing a leopard isn't as exhilarating an experience for people who live in close proximity to wild leopards.
This one, however, was captive at Naini Tal zoo, where it shared a small enclosure with too many others.
[7 December 2006, Canon 20D, 300 mm f4 L IS, ISO 200, 1/160s at f8]
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