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Leopards of Sabi Sands
Leopards of Sabi Sands
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Leopards of Sabi Sands
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From Sabi Sabi Private Game Reserve:
"We found the White Dam male as soon as we left Selati Camp, with stunning golden light as our backdrop. Not a bad start to the morning!"  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author
Credits to Callum Gowar - Londolozi.
After the death of the Piva male, the Inyathini male is constantly expanding his territory and now occupies an enormous portion of Londolozi.  *This image is copyright of its original author
The White Dam/Calabash female, is dead. The mother of the White Dam male.
From Umkumbe Game Lodge: "It is with great sadness that we inform you of the untimely death of yet another Sabi Sand leopard. Our 11 year old graceful beauty, White Dam, passed away over the weekend. Otherwise known as the Calabash female, this leopardess was one of our commonly spotted cats on the Umkumbe traverse. The unmistakeable mark in her left eye that looks like a pterygium made her easily identifiable. She was discovered dead up a tree yesterday, with a male leopard in the same tree. It is thought that the male killed her and there was speculation that he was feeding off her carcass. R.I.P White Dam - your legend will forever live on in our traverse. Thank you to ranger Nadia Bester for these images."  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author
The leopard of the rain: Mvula.
Photo and information credits: Dawie Jacobs Photography "Today on safari with Elephant Plains Game Lodge and @tuskphoto"  *This image is copyright of its original author
Credits to Diff Marimane - Jaci's Sabi House.
Kuchava female attempting to get Tingana to mate with her. He was having none of it!
From Anderson Male FB page:
Mr. Anderson - Elephant Plains - posted 5 Oct 2017 Look at that power! Always a mission to get him in the clear, but well worth the struggle. Anderson male leopard. Image by Gerritt Ackerman  *This image is copyright of its original author
Credits to Neil Jennings.
Mbavala male, seen in the northern Sabi Sabi.  *This image is copyright of its original author
From Sabi Sabi Private Game Reserve, 26 Sept. '17:
"The young White Dam male was stalking Kudu during a mid-morning safari this weekend, however, strong winds gave away his position and he was left hungry. He was seen again the following day sleeping next to an Impala kill, with an audience including the Little Bush female and a few Hyenas at the base of the tree."  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author
From Sabi Sabi Private Game Reserve, 26 Sept. '17:
"Little Bush was still found on her recent impala ewe kill that she had stashed up in a large Jackalberry tree, however it was short lived when the White Dam male showed up and finished off the remains. Little Bush female seemed quite relaxed and showed submissive gestures, possibly meaning she was back in oestrus and the potential of mating with this particular male leopard could be on the cards again!"  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author
From Sabi Sabi Private Game Reserve, 02 Oct. '17:
"The White Dam male was seen to be all by himself after possibly completing a four-day mating run with the Little Bush female, however it seemed she wasn't quite done with him as audio of her contact calling near Selati Camp was heard late on Saturday night."  *This image is copyright of its original author
From Sabi Sabi Private Game Reserve, 02 Oct. '17:
"We had a lovely sighting of the Kashane male leopard as he marked his territory with the sun setting behind him."
From Sabi Sabi Private Game Reserve, 03 Oct. '17:
"We were surprised to find the White Dam male mating with the Msuthlu female, especially since he only recently finished mating with the Little Bush female."  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author
From Sabi Sabi Private Game Reserve, 04 Oct. '17:
"We were lucky enough to find Xovonekela this morning as he moved through the southern section of the reserve before posing perfectly on a termite mound."  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author
From Sabi Sabi Private Game Reserve, 05 Oct. '17:
"As the sun started to set, the Kashane male started to move around his territory in search of a meal."  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author
From Sabi Sabi Private Game Reserve, 05 Oct. '17:
"The White Dam male and the Msuthlu female have been seen mating for the last three days. However, the two were interrupted by the Maxabeni male, the dominant male of the area and interesting behaviour was seen. Both males were seen to be mating with the Msuthlu female within regular intervals until Maxabeni lost interest and moved off, leaving his son to continue mating."  *This image is copyright of its original author
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