The man said he was attacked by the leopard in the bush while he was relieving himself.

The fight occurred on Tuesday evening and Chauke is being treated at the Gwanda Provincial Hospital.

Speaking with local media, the survivor said, “It was around lunch time when I was working at a plot close to a dense forest.

I went to relieve myself. I saw some impalas and other animals and didn’t realise that they were being hunted by a leopard. I was among the animals and never thought there was a dangerous animal.

“I heard growls, but I just thought they were baboons eating something. When I turned, I saw that it was a leopard.