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Indiana Woman Shoots and Kills Leopard Prowling in Her Backyard. (gawker.com)
more, with links and a picture, at link aboveLast Thursday, a woman in Charlestown, Indiana and her boyfriend stayed up all night, armed with a rifle, to hunt down whatever it was that had been attacking small animals in her neighborhood.
After spotting and shooting a creature prowling in the shadows by the woman's pool, they were shocked to find that they'd just killed a leopard, an animal that's not native to North America, much less Indiana.
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Officials at the Indiana Department of Natural Resources confirmed that a leopard had been found on the woman's property. Neighbor Donna Duke said the woman was worried about a recent streak of attacks against cats and dogs in the neighborhood.
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The woman contacted a local wildlife official, who told her that the attacks were probably from a bobcat.
But it was not a bobcat, Duke said, noting that the leopard let out a horrible squeal after it was shot.
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