Mark Goldstein, Leopard powerless, watches angrily as large male lion carries off his fresh kill. (PEOPLE 2025)

A big cat drama unfolds in Kafue National Park, Zambia. A leopard takes down an antelope but as he attempts to secure it up a tree, a large male lion appears and without a fight takes it as his own. This photo shows the leopard glaring down from the safety of a nearby tree as his prize is taken away.

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