Overview
- Guatemalan photographer Andres Novales filmed the encounter in Kibber after a heavy snowstorm and posted it on Instagram.
- An adult female left two cubs in a gorge, stalked a herd of ibex, and leapt onto the largest male to begin the chase.
- The ibex sprinted toward a gorge with the leopard clinging to its back as both slipped and tumbled over rocks and snow.
- In the final moments the leopard lost her grip, allowing the injured ibex to break free and escape across the slope.
- DFO Kaza Goldy Chhabra confirmed the footage is genuine as reports note the rarity of witnessing active hunts near cliff edges.