4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

Miracle Babies: Leopard Love. The rarest big cat on earth, the Amur leopard, is on the brink of disappearing forever. And Kenya boasts a unique orphanage … for elephants! Tuesday, September 13, at 9P ET/PT. At the London Zoo, three female gorillas gussy up for a visit from a handsome male gorilla brought in from nearby France.

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Pandas Leopards Gorillas Zoos 100

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 12, 2024

One of my most memorable outings was a night-time game drive in Kenya when we saw an aardvark and a zorilla, so we ticked off both the first mammal in the field guide’s index, and the last. We also saw a leopard, but it was the A to Z that sticks in the mind.

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Fur Bulgaria Otters Estonia 199

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 23, 2015

My only sighting until this year had been a distant speck on a far off koppie in Kenya, but this pair (they live in pairs) came very close to my safari vehicle in Madikwe in South Africa. One member of the pair keeps watch for eagles and leopards while the other feeds. They are small, at about 58 cm (23 in) at the shoulder.

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South Africa Kenya Leopards Africa 100

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 11, 2012

They are not necessarily the biggest African animals, but represented those that were considered a real hunter’s worthy prey or “game” – the African Elephant, Cape Buffalo, Black Rhinoceros, Leopard and king of the jungle, the Lion (which of course doesn’t inhabit jungle but savanna!). They live for up to 100 years.

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Buffalo Rhinoceros Elephants Leopards 213

4 The Love Of Animals

DECEMBER 7, 2011

Everything from lions in Kenya to snow leopards in the Himalaya, the big cats all need our help. So of course we wanted to help spread the word about the Cause an Uproar initiative. Big cats in the world need our help. They are disappearing quickly due to habitat loss as well as conflict with humans.

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Snow Leopard Kenya Leopards Lions 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2015

Here, in south-west Ethiopia’s awkwardly named “Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People’s Region”, bordering Kenya and Sudan, the great Omo River dominates this dry savanna valley, resulting in some of Africa’s most well developed and best preserved arid-zone riverine forests. Yellow-billed Stork. Mursi woman.

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Ethiopia Sudan Leopards Birds 249

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 11, 2011

This 12,000 square mile ecosystem stretches across north-western Tanzania into the Maasai Mara in Kenya. Tarangire is also an excellent reserve for seeing Lion, Cheetah and Leopard, the last mentioned are especially fond of snoozing on the large branches of the park’s many Sausage-trees.

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Tanzania Africa Stud Leopards 228