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Briton Curtis Plumb bitten and clawed in the arm in incident at Kruger national park in South Africa
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A British safari guide in\u00a0South Africa<\/a>\u00a0has been admitted to hospital after a leopard attacked him in the open-top vehicle he was travelling in.<\/p>\n

Curtis Plumb, 38, was bitten and clawed in the arm after stopping his vehicle full of tourists to watch the big cat in Kruger national park.<\/p>\n

Grant Ford, a tourist who was travelling with his 13-year-old son, said: \u201cThe ranger peered over the side of the vehicle to see where the animal was. It was alongside him. Without warning or provocation it launched itself into the safari truck and grabbed the ranger\u2019s arm.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat followed was insane. The occupants of the safari truck were screaming. Some of the people seated behind the ranger tried to help<\/a> by beating the animal with their cameras.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The leopard grips Plumb\u2019s arm.<\/span>\u00a0Photograph: Greatstock\/Barcroft Media<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The occupants of another vehicle rammed the leopard with a car door but it did not release its grip on the guide. Plumb reversed the vehicle and freed himself but the cat returned to attack again.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe leopard charged after the vehicle and hunted it down. It leapt on to the bonnet of the vehicle in an apparent attempt to get to the occupants. The ranger then braked and the animal fell to the ground,\u201d Ford said.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAgain it launched itself at the vehicle. The ranger was left with no alternative than to take it out. He drove over the animal\u2019s hind legs. It got up clearly injured. The minivan then also went at it and drove over the leopard.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The injured leopard retreats.<\/span>\u00a0Photograph: Greatstock\/Barcroft Media<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Plumb, who has been working as a guide for four years after moving to South\u00a0Africa<\/a>\u00a0from the UK, was taken to hospital for surgery and was said to be in a stable condition.<\/p>\n

William Mambasa, general manager at Kruger national park said: \u201cWe would like to thank the tourist from another vehicle for his quick and decisive action as he saved the guide and tourists\u2019 lives. It is suspected that the leopard was fighting with another one as its hind was badly injured \u2013 the other leopard was spotted in the area watching from a distance.\u201d<\/p>\n

The leopard was put down after the incident. Last month a lion mauled an American tourist to death at Lion Park in Johannesburg.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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