Gazelle : The Palestinian Biological Bulletin (ISSN 0178 – 6288) . Number 121, January 2015, pp. 1-20.

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Killing Incident of an Anatolian
Leopard (Panthera pardus tulliana
Valenciennes, 1856) in Turkey
By: Prof. Dr. Sc. Norman Ali Bassam Ali Taher
Khalaf-Sakerfalke von Jaffa

The Anatolian Leopard (Panthera pardus tulliana Valenciennes, 1856) which was killed
in the Turkish Diyarbakir Çınar District on 03.11.2013. Hurriyet.
http://fotogaleri.hurriyet.com.tr/galeridetay/75095/2/1/leopari-oldurmenin-cezasi-bellioldu
An Anatolian leopard (Panthera pardus tulliana Valenciennes, 1856) was killed by
a shepherd in the Çınar District, the southeastern province of Diyarbakır on Nov.
3, 2013, drawing attention back to a species long thought extinct within Turkey's
borders.
The shepherd, Kasım Kaplan, said the animal had suddenly attacked him from
behind while he was outside his village grazing his cattle.
"We were on a cliff when all of a sudden something jumped on me. I wrestled
with the animal that I did not recognize. We fell around 1.5 meters and rolled for
10 meters. I was injured by his claws when he jumped again on me where we
fell," Kaplan said (Hurriyet, 03.11.2013).
Gazelle : The Palestinian Biological Bulletin – Number 121 – January 2015