---
title: "When Leopards Attack!"
date: "2007-09-18"
modified: "2007-09-18"
authors:
  - name: "Outdoor Life Online Editor"
    link: "https://www.outdoorlife.com/authors/outdoor-life-online-editor/"
url: "https://www.outdoorlife.com/when-leopards-attack/"
categories:
  - "Animal Attacks"
  - "Survival"
---

# When Leopards Attack!

![](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/22/JPPAU5BLXG4OLN2KSS5T2E2Y7E.jpg>)

I was just cleaning up the desktop on my computer this morning when I came across this photo. No, it is not the surface of Mars. It's the top of a very unfortunate professional hunter's head who got hammered by a leopard.
![Wayne\_leopard\_021\_4](<https://outdoorlife.blogs.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/09/18/wayne_leopard_021_4.jpg>)
I received the pic more than a year ago from Hannes Wessels, a friend from Africa whose byline you've probably seen in OL. I remember how shocked I was when I saw the image the first time (and I was no less shocked this morning when I opened it up again). Every time I look at it I wince. The pain this poor fellow went through is simply unimaginable.

If you haven't seen the complete photo gallery before or read the story, [CLICK HERE.](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/>) But I must warn you, it's pretty graphic.

 *Todd Smith*