- Title: BOTSWANA: BECHUANALAND: MR. LESTER THE LEOPARD COLLECTOR
- Date: 31st October 1962
- Summary: 1. SV INT. LEOPARD LOOKS OUT OF WINDOW 0.05 2. CU DITTO 0.09 3. SV STEPS DOWN FROM WINDOW 0.12 4. SV WANDERS INTO KITCHEN 0.16 5. SV AT REFRIGERATOR 0.20 6. SV ANOTHER LEOPARD ON MANTLEPIECE - JUMPS DOWN - ON TO SETTLE 0.29 7. SV MR LESTER AND WIFE WITH LEOPARD 0.34 8. SV EXT. GROUPS OF LEOPARDS WITH ANTELOPE IN B/G 0.39 9. SV MR LESTER WITH ANTELOPE - LEOPARDS IN F/G 0.44 10. LV LEOPARD WANDERS ONTO TENNIS COURT DURING GAME 0.49 11. SV MR LESTER ABOUT TO SERVE - LEOPARD AMBLES 0.54 12. SV TWO LEOPARDS AT NET 0.58 13. CU LEOPARD AT NET 1.02 14. CU MRS LESTER AND LEOPARD AT NET 1.07 15. GV LEOPARDS AND PLAYERS ON COURT 1.12 16. SV LEOPARDS RUN ON COURT 1.17 17. SV LEOPARD DRINKS FROM BASIN 1.22 18. SV LEOPARDS FEEDING AND FONDLED 1.26 19. SV DITTO 1.31 20. CU LEOPARDS FEEDING 1.35 Initials PC/S/JH/SGM Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 15th November 1962 12:00
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- Location: LOBATSI, BECHUANALAND
- Country: Botswana
- Reuters ID: LVA2AZI8144Z0G9WAOX9RI0HGW8Z
- Story Text: TO MR. STANLEY LESTER OF BECHUANALAND THERE IS NOTHING AS LOVABLE AS A LEOPARD. HE HAS COLLECTED SEVEN OF AFRICA'S MOST DANGEROUS CATS TO SHARE HIS HOME AT LOBATSI - BUT HIS WIFE AND FOUR CHILDREN DON'T SEEM TO MIND.
MR. LESTER STARTED HIS LEOPARD COLLECTING ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO. TRAVELLING THROUGH THE BRITISH PROTECTORATE'S WILD BUSHLAND, ACCOMPANIED BY HIS THREE SONS AND DAUGHTER, HE SLOWLY WON FRIENDSHIP OF THE WILD BEASTS BY KINDNESS AND LOTS OF PATIENCE.
MR. LESTER'S ACHIEVEMENT IS SOMETHING RARE IN WILDEST AFRICA. HIS GREAT HOMELY CATS ROMP HAPPILY OVER SITTING ROOM, CAR AND TENNIS COURT ALIKE. FORTUNATELY THEY SLEEP JUST OUTSIDE THE HOUSE - THERE AREN'T ENOUGH BEDS TO GO ROUND.
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