Maybe some good news?

For those that are following our work closely you will know it has been a difficult couple of months for the leopards. In just this small period of time we know of four leopards to be injured or killed. One a young male was knocked down and killed instantly, another large male was caught in a snare but luckily rescued in time and is now recuperating well at moholoholo rehab center. Black Tip, one of the resident males we follow is also in a snare and we are unable to locate him so we do know if he has made it or not, but without medical help soon this is unlikely. Then recently a leopard not far from our study site was shot. There may be some good news though. We speculated earlier in the year whether or not diamond one of our females would be expecting cubs in April after being photographed with black tip earlier in the year. Shown here is the first image we hae captured of her since the end of March. All take a close look and leae your opinions on whether you think she may be lactating or not?

Written By Emma Loader, Ingwe Researcher