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A morning in a Kalahari Leopard’s life

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However two fossil riverbeds are situated within the South African sector of the park, the Nossob and the Auob and underground water along these riverbeds results in lusher vegetation thus attracting herds of ungulates and their ever-present predators. Mammals African Wild Cat Kgalagadi Transfrontier National Park Leopard Leopard predation'

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Birding and Safari-ing South Africa with the ABA

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I attended a talk by Mark Anderson, Birdlife South Africa’s CEO, on the organization’s successes, one of six optional evening presentations, and was impressed by the specificity and diversity of their projects. The leopards place their kill in a tree, protecting it from poaching by other predators.