Ferocious leopard fight broken up, emphatically, by third leopard

Male leopard rushes in to end fight. Image courtesy of Safari Travel Ideas
Male leopard rushes in to end fight. Image courtesy of Safari Travel Ideas

A fierce battle between leopards, apparently a mother and adult daughter, was forcefully declared over recently by a third leopard that bolted in to separate the combatants.

The accompanying footage was shared by Safari Travel Ideas, which stated:

“The mother entered the daughter's territory in pursuit of the area's dominant male, who at the time was with the daughter. Daughter was not happy about that as you can see.”

The wild confrontation played out in front of tourists in Sabi Sands Nature Reserve in South Africa. The footage, best viewed with audio, shows the male leopard knocking both female leopards into apparent submission.

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