# So, the police shot a leopard **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 1, 2009, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-police-shot-a-leopard/498344 "2009-06-01T12:52:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2009, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-police-shot-a-leopard/498344/1 "2009-06-01T12:52:24Z")
[Story](http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/820504/police-gun-down-leopard) What sort of tranqulisers did they use? Aspirin? A threatened creature scratched a few few people and had to be put down. The cat itself seems quite small- my fat arsed stray has bigger teeth. And it has not killed anyone. Neither did that cat. What’s the bet body parts of he leopard are on the black market. Pricks. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2009, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-police-shot-a-leopard/498344/2 "2009-06-01T13:58:29Z")
Nice disingenous OP there. Good job. You conveniently left out the parts of the report that stated that the animal was 1.6 meters long and attacked 15 people, apparently at random and without provocation, severely enough to send them to the hospital. It was probably only a matter of time before it did manage to kill someone. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2009, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-police-shot-a-leopard/498344/3 "2009-06-01T14:03:02Z")
1.6 metres from tail to nose perhaps. And of course it would kill someone- you have proof of this? Or are you talking out of your arse yet again? Q.E.D.- how many people have leopards actually killed? ---
**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2009, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-police-shot-a-leopard/498344/4 "2009-06-01T14:03:47Z")
When it comes to tranquilizers you should always consult the Malaysians. > [@](#): > > [http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/820466/indonesian-model-flees-abusive-prince](http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/820466/indonesian-model-flees-abusive-prince) > > A teenage US-Indonesian model has returned to her family in Indonesia with tales of abuse, rape and torture at the hands of a Malaysian prince, after her dramatic escape with the help of Singapore police. > > Manohara Odelia Pinot, 17, told reporters she was treated like a sex slave after her marriage to Tengku Temenggong Mohammad Fakhry, the prince of Malaysia’s Kelantan state, last year. > […] > But the young woman - a well-known socialite in Jakarta - said her life at the royal palace involved a “daily routine” of rape, abuse, torture and occasional drug injections that made her vomit blood. > > She said she was usually held under guard in her bedroom at the palace and was injected with tranquillisers whenever she complained ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2009, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-police-shot-a-leopard/498344/5 "2009-06-01T14:20:26Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > how many people have leopards actually killed? Apparently, [this one](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopard_of_Rudraprayag) killed 125 people and [this one](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panar_Leopard) killed over 400. But who’s counting? ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2009, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-police-shot-a-leopard/498344/6 "2009-06-01T14:21:52Z")
So what were they supposed to do? Let it wander around the neighborhood, attacking more people? ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2009, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-police-shot-a-leopard/498344/7 "2009-06-01T14:31:23Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > So what were they supposed to do? Although I don’t have any problem with them killing the animal, I’m going to guess that **Cicero** ’s answer would be the logical one: use a stronger tranq. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2009, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-police-shot-a-leopard/498344/8 "2009-06-01T14:56:38Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > Although I don’t have any problem with them killing the animal, I’m going to guess that **Cicero** ’s answer would be the logical one: use a stronger tranq. Well, from what I’ve heard, using tranqs isn’t all that easy. Like, for example…in this case. Like, it’s not like they’re instant-acting, and perhaps if they had used a stronger one, it would have killed it. It sounds like they tried to be humane and when that didn’t work, they did what they had to do. It’s sad that the leopard’s dead, but is it really a tragedy? ETA: Not addressed at you, but at **Cisco**. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_fun_ball/32/17664_2.png) [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Fun_Ball)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2009, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-police-shot-a-leopard/498344/9 "2009-06-01T15:17:55Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > ETA: Not addressed at you, but at **Cisco**. Cisco? Cicero? ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2009, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-police-shot-a-leopard/498344/10 "2009-06-01T15:18:42Z")
> [@L. G. Butts](#): > > Cisco? Cicero? Oops, yes. Cicero. Why did I read that as Cisco? ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2009, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-police-shot-a-leopard/498344/11 "2009-06-01T15:45:27Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > [Story](http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/820504/police-gun-down-leopard) > > What sort of tranqulisers did they use? Aspirin? Aspirin isn’t a tranquiliser. > [@Cicero](#): > > A threatened creature scratched a few few people and had to be put down. A wild animal roamed a residential area for seven hours, putting at least 15 people in hospital. > [@Cicero](#): > > The cat itself seems quite small- my fat arsed stray has bigger teeth. And it has not killed anyone. Neither did that cat. It’s put 15 people in hospital and it’s getting desperate for food. Would you wait until it attacks a pensioner or a baby? > [@Cicero](#): > > What’s the bet body parts of he leopard are on the black market. From your own story: ‘a different leopard was discovered inside a toothpaste factory not far from Balkot three weeks ago. Zoo staffers were called to the building and took the animal into captivity.’ If you’d bother to do any research, you would have found: - [Humla Villagers Agree to Protect Snow Leopards](http://www.snowleopardconservancy.org/conservation3.htm) - [Both Oman and Nepal have leopards but the two countries illustrate opposite ends of the animal’s survival spectrum. In Oman at the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula, the Arabian leopard is the largest feline in the area and is classified as rare and critically endangered by the IUCN (International Union for the Conservation of Nature). In Nepal, the exact population, though unknown, is regarded as satisfactory and classified by the IUCN as merely ‘near threatened’.](http://www.wildlifeextra.com/go/world/oman-nepal-leopards.html#cr) - [Nepal has 16 national parks, wildlife reserves and conservation areas, occupying 16% of its total geographical area.](http://www.holidaynepal.com/jungle-safari/safari.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2009, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-police-shot-a-leopard/498344/12 "2009-06-01T16:28:06Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > Q.E.D.- how many people have leopards actually killed? [At least one](http://www.samaylive.com/news/child-killed-in-leopard-attack-602715/602715.html). I bet I can find more. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2009, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-police-shot-a-leopard/498344/13 "2009-06-01T16:29:49Z")
[Two, three and four](http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,243893,00.html) Shall I keep going or will you STFU now? ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2009, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-police-shot-a-leopard/498344/14 "2009-06-01T18:19:38Z")
Police in California have often had to do the same thing when a mountain lion was in a residential area. Do you think their motive is also selling body parts on the black market? > [@Cicero](#): > > The cat itself seems quite small- my fat arsed stray has bigger teeth. Unless your cat is _really_ overweight, it’s not as big as a leopard. Leopards weigh between 60 and 200 pounds. That weight difference alone is going to make a leopard a much bigger threat than your cat. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2009, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-police-shot-a-leopard/498344/15 "2009-06-01T18:49:07Z")
They should’ve tasered him. ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2009, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-police-shot-a-leopard/498344/16 "2009-06-01T20:51:20Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > Oops, yes. Cicero. Why did I read that as Cisco? What sort of tranquilizers do you use? ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2009, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-police-shot-a-leopard/498344/17 "2009-06-01T20:53:25Z")
> [@LouisB](#): > > What sort of tranquilizers do you use? Duh. Aspirin. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2009, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-police-shot-a-leopard/498344/18 "2009-06-01T21:11:21Z")
This thread isn’t for real, is it? ---
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2009, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-police-shot-a-leopard/498344/19 "2009-06-01T21:28:28Z")
Good God! Are you really that stupid? Leopards are the most dangerous big cat in the world, period. It would not surprise me if they’ve killed more humans than all other big cats, and all canines (wolves, wild dogs, etc.) _combined_. They are much mroe dangerous than pretyt much any other wild neighbor you could have. One that’s gone wild and started scratching people up must be put down, and fast, in order to keep it from becoming a man-eater. ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2009, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-police-shot-a-leopard/498344/20 "2009-06-01T21:31:31Z")
[QUOTE=MeanOldLady] This thread isn’t for real, is it? [/QUOTE] Well…I’d say that no leopards were harmed in the making of this thread, but it looks like this would be untrue. As for the OP…who knows? Sounds like a loon, to me…but I suppose s/he could be getting a good laugh out of pulling everyone’s chain. -XT [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-police-shot-a-leopard/498344.md?page=2)