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garblegarble
There's an interesting conflict in the wired article here - it claims the photo to be a selfie taken by the animal (and I'm assuming Indian copyright law would similarly classify animal-taken photos as non-copyrightable) but then later on refers to them as "his photos" (presumably referring to the main image in the article).
passivepinetree
"Takes a Selfie" is disingenuous at best - the cat was caught on a motion-sensing camera. It seems like Wired was just trying to put a buzzword in the headline.

@garblegarble it seems pretty clear that the photographer would own the copyright.

iaw
Wired isn't a publication I'm that pleased with anymore.
djrogers
When did tripping IR sensors become 'taking a selfie'? By that logic, every time I'm on a security camera it'd be a selfie - and by extension that would be my copyrightable imagery.

Ridiculous article, ridiculous headline. Click-bait...

sandGorgon
My university - IIT Mumbai - is not far from where this photo was taken.

we had leopards in the dorm at night.

libraryatnight
My house cats can startle me in the night, I can't imagine bumping into a leopard.
civilian
Like, in the dorm hallways? Were they scavenging food? Were they eating freshmen? What's the protocol for when you are greeted by a leopard when you're getting up to piss in the middle of the night?
sandGorgon
yes. they climb trees. P.S. we also have crocs along one of the lakes.

they eat dogs. They usually dont attack humans.

iaw
This is a gorgeous photo, but wired is a horrible site.
irontoby
Are those bullet holes to the right of the door? This looks like something straight out of a video game.

Note to Wired: "Enlarge Photo" doesn't mean what you apparently think it means.

FraaJad
painted Yellow flowers.
irontoby
Thanks, I'm obviously letting my video game colored view of the world get the better of me :)
hxegon
Great picture, cut the buzzword.
dipthegeezer
I remember back when I was a kid my uncle told me a story about a night watchman who had a few drinks to alleviate the boredom of his job. He got really drunk and wondered off into the jungle ( back then the line between where the city starts and the jungle begins was shall we say blurred, probably still is ). Anyway they found his half eaten body the next morning not far from his post. I think my uncle told me that story to scare the hell out of me but, it had the opposite affect. I just said that that was the coolest thing ever and we should go leopard hunting.