Posts tagged “Leopard”

We were sceptical when first we heard the news: a schoolboy playing near the top of the ridge claimed that he had seen a leopard in the forest fringe, less than two kilometres from an urban area. The other great cat and ‘problem’ animal, the Cape...

This month the Kariega Volunteer Programme team positioned the leopard research trail cameras in new spots around the reserve. These motioned censored cameras capture pictures of animals moving past them, in the hopes of obtaining a picture of one...

We've come to the end of our third three-month cycle with no sign of any leopards, but will hopefully have more luck with the next study sites selected for November – January. Unfortunately only eight of our ten cameras obtained results this...

This month 30 different species were caught on the trap cameras, with a total 399 photographs taken altogether. This is a significant increase in both respects and can be attributed to the rotation of the cameras, or even the change to warmer...

This month 20 different species were caught on the trap cameras (unfortunately no leopards yet), and a total of 209 photographs were taken. Some interesting pictures of game were caught including water mongoose, black rhino, porcupine, and bushpig...