Who was the first person to discover the rare black panther in Laikipia county? News broke on Wednesday that a white man had discovered the rare species of the black leopard at the Loisaba Conservancy in Laikipia.
According to KWS, the rare spectacle was caught on camera by British Wildlife Photographer Will Burrard-Lucas
Spotted: a rare sighting of the black leopard in Laikipia – caught on camera by wildlife photographer Will Burrard-Lucas#LoveInTheWild pic.twitter.com/lMijWT92n4
— KWS (@kwskenya) February 13, 2019
According to the National Geographic, the last time such an animal was spotted in Africa was in 1909 in Ethiopia. International news outlets have heaped praise on the photographer for making history.
But one Kenyan has come out to say that she saw the black panther in 20o1. The woman also wondered how comes a Mzungu is the one who spotted it for the first time.
I spotted one in laikipia in 2001… yet there’s a mzungu who’s spotted one for the first time? Give us a break ??. Same way you discovered rivers and mountains that we lived alongside… shush
— Noni Weru (@noniweru) February 13, 2019
It has also been revealed that the black leopard was spotted in Meru along time ago but locals were dismissed. They were waiting for a whiteman to come discover it!