Anger at the photographer who took "the first picture in 100 years" of a black leopard

The portrait of a black leopard in Kenya has gone around the world. The photographer who took it, the British Will Burrad-Lucas, shared it on their social networks and called it "the first picture in 100 years" of this animal. But this news has aroused great indignation among Kenyans, who They badured that this statement was false and went to criticize the European journalist.

The Spanish newspaper The country said that several Twitter users in Kenya said residents of Laikipia County they had already seen this feline Many times.

"The inhabitants of this region have lived all their lives near the black leopard and it is always like that," wrote Jeff Nyambogah on this social network. And they even mentioned that other photographers had already captured it, well before Burrad-Lucas.

Photojournalist, politician and activist Boniface Mwangi confirmed that the photographer Daily Nation, Phoebe Okall, already I had taken a picture of this species in 2013in the Ol Jogi Nature Reserve. "The first time on nearly 100, it's for her," he says indignantly.

But he was not the only one. Other users claimed that the photo of Burrad-Lucas had more impact because of their nationality. "If a black leopard is photographed, but not by a white man, is there really?", They said.

Faced with this cataract of complaints, the British photographer went out to give explanations to calm the waters. "I'm not saying that these are the first pictures taken of a black leopard in Africa, but I think they are the first high quality cameras made with traps", he differentiated in his personal blog.

Burrad-Lucas in turn points out that the title "first in 100 years" comes from an appointment attributed to San Diego Zoo scientists, who have both their images and a video. "This is the first scientific documentation of this creature in a century, "he defended.

"This was published for the first time by National Geographic, but was later misinterpreted as "the first pictures taken in 100 years", as reported by many media, "concluded the British reporter.