Wednesday, December 23, 2009

"Leemo, The 'Pet' Panther

The Leemo books by Stanley Brock from British Guiana were wonderful books, full of day to day information about panther behavior and full of kindness by the author. I wonder what happened to her. In "More About Leemo," Mr. Brock discusses Leemo's proclivity to re-enact her killings. She would take her kill and re-create the entire hunt. Mr. Brock attributes this to the sadism of the panther -puma- and writes that he did not find it with his "pet" ocelot or jaguar (page 173). What else could it be? Compulsiveness maybe? Two-Guns (Peter Nickerson, MS, MSW) at 352-359-0850.