ON THE EDGE OF EXTINCTION - D - THE LEOPARD (Panthera pardus)

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(08-08-2019, 01:25 AM)Pckts Wrote: He was a wild leopard allegedly but a few things don't add up.

The dates of his capture
"Balaji, an Indian leopard housed in the Sri Venkateswara Zoological Park, located at the foot of the holy seven hills in Tirupathi, was one of the largest leopards to be ever recorded. The leopard weighed 139 kg against the normal weight of 70 kg of its class. Balaji was born in 1994 and captured in 1996, when he weighed 108 kg. He ate 4 kg of beef daily, the same as the zoo's other leopards. The Park management is said to be in touch with the Guinness Book of World Records authorities seeking its entry in the records as the biggest leopard.[1][2] He died on June 11, 2013.[3]"

References

1. Special Correspondent. "Tirupati zoo's giant celebrity". The Hindu.
2. ">>> Memoirs and achievements . svzoo.org.
3. Staff Reporter. "'Bulky Balaji' dies". The Hindu.
   

Compared to 
"It was in February 1998 that the leopard sneaked into the zoo premises from the abutting Tirumala forest, when it was caught in a cage and named as ‘Balaji’. "



Also, from the looks of the Cat, it's obviously not an unusually big Leopard 

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Also the actual reason for it's capture and circumstances behind it?
Like what was the actual reason for it's capture, they said they caged it in the Zoological park, so why?


Note that Guinness has never acknowledged this weight nor have I seen it acknowledged in any scientific paper. 
I have major doubts this was anything other than a headline grab or Balaji was probably being fed the entire time prior to his capture and thus he was obese.

If I remember right, they mention that Guinness issue years before Balaji died. That alone makes information about weight of it very questionable. If they would have had really biggest leopard ever, it would have been quite easy to get it checked for Guinness Book of World Records. But in photo there is so obese leopard, that sad to see, whatever is real weight. Reply