Leopard web news archive

July 2006

Cubs collar: Both Duzi's cubs (females) are now collared, incl Tatu the 40th leopard collared in the study. The other cub is called Sepi.

Meet the People: Iranian biologist Houman Jowkar joins the project for 4 weeks of training in capture and immob of carnivores for WCS's project on Asiatic cheetahs in Iran..

Mkhuze: one of the Mkhuze males was poached. The poacher buried the GPS collar but he was captured and the collar & skin recovered. He is in custody awaiting court case..

Frodo's injury: Tristain and Jaco had to remove Frodo's collar. He had incurred an injury on the neck (possibly from ducking fences) which the collar was aggravating. They darted & treated him and released him without the collar to ensure it doesnt exacerbate the wound. We'll try to re-capture him once he has fully recovered.

19th July: Tristan Dickerson's bio added to Meet the People.

1st June: Third leopard collared in Mkhuze. Male 4-6 years weighing in at 56 Kg. He has been named Dekela.

29th May: Second leopard collared in Mkhuze. A young female, weighing in at only 19 Kg. She has been named Thobane, after the stream she was caught in.

May 27th: First Leopard collared in Mkhuze. Umganu
(marula in Zulu) was found lounging up in a large marula tree. He weighed in at 69 Kg.

Ngoye has been seen with a four week old cub.

October 2005

Mkhuze: We now have five collars deployed in Mkhuze including two new GPS collars and we hope to deploy another five in the coming months.

August: Chinga, Ngoye and Eva have young cubs (see pictures on left).

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December 2005

Mkhuze: There are now eight cats collared in Mkhuze.

New cub: Duzi has been seen with a two month old cub. This is her first litter.

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