:-) Leopard Prowling British Embassy in Ethiopia :-)

Leopard prowling embassy in Ethiopia
Staff and agencies
11 October, 2006

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - Wildlife experts are laying traps to capture a leopard prowling the British embassy compound in Ethiopia, officials said Wednesday.
"Our intention is to capture the leopard in a humane way at night," said Fekadu Shiferaw, from the wildlife service.
Embassy spokeswoman Holly Tett said the leopard had been spotted by residents who live on the embassy compound, which has a nine-hole golf course, a swimming pool and horses grazing.
"We have a range of options to protect the leopard because we feel we have a duty to do so, but we also have a duty to protect our staff," she added.

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Leopard Prowling Embassy in Ethiopia

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Wildlife experts are laying traps to capture a leopard prowling the British embassy compound in Ethiopia, officials said Wednesday.
The Ethiopian Wildlife Service was called in to snare the wild cat after it had eaten several domestic cats and rabbits on the 67-acre forested estate in the capital, Addis Ababa.
"Our intention is to capture the leopard in a humane way at night,"said Fekadu Shiferaw, from the wildlife service.
"We do not use tranquilizers, so we will put out rotten meat to capture the leopard,"Fekadu said. Once captured the leopard would be released in the wild, he added.
Embassy spokeswoman Holly Tett said the leopard had been spotted by residents who live on the embassy compound, which has a nine-hole golf course, a swimming pool and horses grazing.
"The grounds are a haven for wildlife,"Tett said."We have confirmed that the leopard has been seen and we are exploring several methods of catching it."
"We have a range of options to protect the leopard because we feel we have a duty to do so, but we also have a duty to protect our staff,"she added.

Source: FoxNews
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Ethiopian Wild Leopard Hunting in British Embassy
"Beautiful," "huge," "terrifying," said residents describing a leopard seen prowling the grounds of the embassy enclave. The Ethiopian Wildlife Service says there may be two or three leopards in the compound.

So far several domestic cats and rabbits have been eaten. "I've got young children," one resident told the BBC. The embassy said they were committed to protecting the wildlife and the staff on its 70 acres of land.

A conservationist from the Wildlife Service has been called in to trap the animal. They "are worried about their kids but they don't want the animals (sic) to be caged when it has been trapped. They want it to be released in the wild," he said.
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