10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 17, 2014
Our group watching the first Snow Leopard from a knoll above our camp in Hemis National Park. At this very spot, on our first afternoon in the park, and within half an hour of officially beginning our Snow Leopard search, our expert local spotter had exclaimed “ Shan !!” – the Ladakhi name for Snow Leopard.
10,000 Birds
JULY 9, 2013
Several artificial waterholes that have been placed along these riverbeds are a magnet for wildlife and Leeudril is one such location. At 8am on Tuesday 30th August 2012, we arrived at Leeudril after leaving nearby Tweerivieren camp and were thrilled to spot a young female Leopard next to the water tank.
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10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 1, 2015
If I were to describe my long time wildlife nemesis, my ultimate dip of dips, I would reach for a nemesis cat, not a nemesis bird. For there is no species that I had more comprehensively failed to see than the Leopard. Leopards were problem species for me. Still, I finally had my Leopard. Leopard camels in Madikwe.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 24, 2011
The kitten Venus is an F4 Bengal meaning she’s four generations (F4) removed from the Asian Leopard Cat which is a small wild cat from Asia. Asian Leopards are about house cat sized and can breed with house cats giving a bit more wild animal to your domestic pet. Lorraine started with one tiny kitten when she moved into her home.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 20, 2016
As Director of SABUKO (the Society for Nature Conservation) , Rukhaia has led his colleagues in making a substantial impact, driving the number of birds killed in two villages down by 80% since 2010. In the end, no matter who goes home with the award (and gets to shake Sir David Attenborough’s hand), wildlife wins big.
4 The Love Of Animals
JULY 11, 2011
Steve travels to Namibia, a land of rolling dunes, sand and plenty of dangerous wildlife. Steve dons a camouflage suit for a once-in-a-lifetime experience that gets him closer to a wild leopard than he ever hoped.
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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