Leopard Beware

It is with a sense of utter outrage that I read about the recommendations of some ecologists that the hunting of leopards and an international trade in leopard skins be resumed ((ENVIRONMENT, July 20)). The only large animal that is not on an endangered list, to judge by its numbers, is the human being. However, I would not on that account recommend that it be hunted.

George S. Chandy

Bangalore, India