May 29, 2007
Man Wrestles Leopard in Bed
Stumble it!A wildlife guide in Israel found an unwelcome visitor in his bed at night - a leopard that’d been trying to catch the family’s pet cat.
Arthur du Mosch grabbed the big cat’s neck, pinned it down and held it there until help from Israel’s Nature and Parks department arrived nearly 20 minutes later.
“This kind of thing doesn’t happen every day,” he told the BBC. “I wasn’t thinking, I just acted.”
49-year-old du Mosch was able to shake the experience off, “But the kids were excited,” he said.
A group of leopards was spotted near the du Mosch home in the Negev desert, according to department spokesperson Raviv Shapira. “But we have never heard of a leopard coming into a private home,” he said.
The intruding leopard was taken to Beit Dagan veterinary hospital near Tel Aviv for evaluation and is expected to be released back into the wild after being electronically tagged.
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