Driver Spots an ‘Injured Leopard’ on the Road, but It Turns Out to Be Just a Coat

Driver Spots an ‘Injured Leopard’ on the Road, but It Turns Out to Be Just a Coat
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Humans have introduced animals from many areas in the world into ecosystems where they do not belong—think of the wild parrots of Telegraph Hill in San Francisco as an example. For Ben Lilly, of Halifax in the north of England, to spot what seemed to be a leopard body in the middle of a road was certainly an unusual sight.

“I saw something in the distance as I was coming round the bend and slowed down, giving it a wide berth in case it was an injured animal,” Lilly said, per the Daily Mail,