A pregnant leopard named Brandy was snared in Magaliesberg recently. According to a statement released by Johannesburg City Parks, she was released back into the wild after two operations to treat her open wounds. “Since her capture and treatment, the team involved has worked diligently to give her and her three unborn cubs the best possible chance of survival in the … [Read more...]
Human barbarism
This scene of barbarism greeted the police and conservationists on Sunday morning on the road between Riversdale and Vermaaklikheid, Western Cape, South Africa. The culture that drives such actions is reprehensible and inconceivable. The caracal had been caught in a gin trap (even though these traps cannot be used without permits in the Western Cape and no permit was issued … [Read more...]
Is this the price of your Sunday roast?
In South Africa the killing of leopards and predators on livestock farms continues, on the grounds that they are a problem to farmers. A leopard caught and left in a trap on a livestock farm in Uniondale died of dehydration and sepsis, and was left to rot in the trap. The use of gin traps (alias 'soft-catch traps'), poisons, denning and hunting dogs is common and still legal … [Read more...]
