Hi pixieearth, welcome to WAB.
I also watched the programme with interest and got the same impressions as yourself. I assume that the brightly coloured tags are so that they can be easily seen by the observers in what can be extremely murky country, and for that reason would be easily seen by their prey. as for the collar, surely in this technolical age, a less conspicuous piece of kit is available.
The excuse that was made I believe went something like this ' The sacrifices made by the individual would benefit the species as a whole'. Surely, what would be of most benefit to the species as a whole would be to clear off and leave them alone, and get rid of the stinking goats that the 'farmers' of the region said they can't live off anyway, which would eradicate the predation problem that they were moaning about in the first place.
The thing that disturbed me most however, was the 'scientist' who was out catching the leopard, setting a wire snare for the purpose, surely this is bang out of order.
