Photographer Ian Cox, who took the latest photo of the black leopard that made rounds on media outlets and social media as ‘the first in Africa for over a century’, has come out to tell off critics that claim he is simply glory-hunting.
In response to the ‘new’ discovery, Kenyans on Twitter dismissed the claims, revealing that a local media- Nation- had in fact photographed a black leopard in 2013 in addition to a BBC documentary featuring black leopards in Kenya in 2011.
In the same vain, Cox took to #someonetellKOT to tell off harsh critics while clarifying his stand that ,”No one is claiming a discovery”.
If you'd take the time to read this blog post, you'd see that NO ONE is claiming a discovery. But.. you probably won't, because you love sticking to your anti-Western everything narrative? https://t.co/e1tyxRENX5
— Ian Cox (@IanECox) February 14, 2019
He in a statement further explained that, “I am not claiming tat these are the first photos of a black leopard taken in Africa. I do however believe that they are the first high-quality camera trap photographs,” said Cox, adding that the ‘first in a 100 years’ headline was derived following a quote published by National Geographic.
