Photo courtesy of Burrard LucasThe high-quality system made it possible to see the majestic black leopard, a rarely photographed big cat, despite it being dark. He added: "As far as I know, this is the first series of high-quality camera trap images of a wild black leopard ever captured in Africa." Photo courtesy of Burrard LucasIn photographing the striking black leopard, Will said he had achieved his childhood dream. Nicholas Pilfold PhD, a lead researcher for a leopard conservation program in Laikipia County, Keyna, said: "We had always heard about black leopard living in this region, but the stories were absent of high quality footage that could confirm their existence." "Collectively these are the first confirmed images in nearly 100 years of black leopard in Africa, and this region is the only known spot in all of Africa to have black leopard."

Source: Standard Digital February 13, 2019 09:33 UTC