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A video is making rounds on social media platform X(Twitter) showing some people walking around a leopard
A video is making rounds on social media platform X(Twitter) showing some people walking around a leopard. Users on X(Twitter) are fervently sharing this video and claiming that Leopard seen in this video was drunk.
Sharing this video on X(Twitter), an X account named Crazy Clips wrote: “Leopard snuck into a bootleg liquor production factory, drank some, and forgot he was a leopard”.
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In addition to this, another X(Twitter) account by the name of Padhri Wildlife Reserve shared this video and claimed: “The leopard entered a distillery in the village of Taragarh in Maharashtra, India and Then amazingly forgot he was a cheetah. Lesson Beer makes friends where no one is your friend”.
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Moreover, other users also shared this video and made similar claims.
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Fact-Check
To determine the reality of the above viral video, the DFRAC team converted it into some keyframes and reverse-searched it on Google. Meanwhile, we found several media reports featuring similar videos.
Media reports by Hindustan Times, ABP news and TOI published in 2023
According to a media report by Hindustan Times, People in the Dewas district of Madhya Pradesh were spotted taking selfies with a sick leopard and even trying to ride on the distressed animal. The incident was recorded on camera and was widely shared on social media, prompting forest officials to take action.
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Furthermore, another media report by ABP News also stated similar facts in the context of the above viral video.
On a related note, a media report by the Times of India revealed that the big cat was found suffering from a highly contagious viral disease called canine distemper.
Conclusion
It is evident from DFRAC’s Fact-Check that the viral video claiming the Leopard seen in the video was drunk is misleading as the leopard wasn’t drunk but found suffering from a highly contagious viral disease called canine distemper.
Hence, the claim of social media users is false.
Analysis: Misleading