@natgeo @stevewinterphoto Happy Thanksgiving!! Introducing Big Daddy! Talk about being blown away! When I set the camera up on this small bridge, I had no idea of what I would see the next morning. A healthy, large vibrant male was a wonderful surprise. Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) in Mumbai India is a jewel of the world. Mumbai can show the world the way forward in living with large cats! As there is no other place like it on the planet. SGNP is more proof that we humans live with majestic animals in urban areas without even knowing they are there - AND without major problems - if we let them be. Leopards are the most adaptable and the most persecuted cat on our planet. Protect Sanjay Gandhi National Park and Aarey and all the buffer zones. Recent coverage on some local TV networks is an embarrassment to India’s success living with tigers and leopards AND the incredible work done by the staff of SGNP and Vidya Athreya. Do not lie about the truth, and the reality of the success of living with leopards in your race for TV viewers - there has not been an attack in in SGNP in the last 3 years!!!!!! Read the piece below for the TRUTH. India is so unique in the world in their spiritual and cultural respect for living with tigers, leopards and elephants etc. Take this honor with the responsibility for saving SGNP and all the animals within. The problems in the past in SGNP were created by humans - relocating leopards from 200km away into the city in an area that already had resident males or females - human mistakes, caused problems 13 years ago. http://ift.tt/1Qh2INg Our natural world is simply perfect and incredibly amazing. And without it we as humans cannot survive - we need to wake up and save the nature that we depend on for our oxygen, water and food - life itself. If we save big cats we can save ourselves. Shot for my @natgeo Leopard story. #follow me @stevewinterphoto to see other images, thanks! @natgeo @thephotosociety @natgeocreative #bigcatsforever #ivoryfree #wildaid #bigcatsforever #beauty #me #follow #love #leopards @wildaid #photooftheday #startwith1thing #picoftheday #smile #beauty #frien by natgeo

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