“Even before I first set foot in Africa I knew which of the wild animals I most wanted to see. It was the leopard that embodied my idea of Africa: an animal of supreme grace and agility, a hunter of the dark concealed in a spotted coat.” Words taken from The Leopard’s Tale (Elm Tree Books, 1985, and Bradt Guides, 2013 paperback edition of the Hardback version).It took 6 years to write that book - that is how hard it was in the late 1970 early 1980s to find a leopard, let alone photograph one. Wh