September 3, 2011
A few weeks ago, my ranger, Chris Goodman and I heard over the radio of a leopard with a kill. We talked about going to see it, but the sighting was closed down because the kill was still on the ground and they were hoping it would be hoisted to a tree. We decided to try first thing in the next morning to see it. So early the following morning, we found the Camp Pan male sitting in a tree munching on a wildebeest. To our surprise, we also found his 3 year old son, the Maxabene male sitting on the ground below, hoping for scraps. Within about 15 minutes, a leg fell from the tree and the young male had something to eat…
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April 13, 2011
Not long after the Maxabeni 3:3 young male leopard had killed an impala, did the first hyena arrive. The rogue scavenger had smelt the carcass and wandered into the arena. Upon calling for backup there were a handful of hyena circling the male leopard within minutes. The restless, marauding masses had arrived. The Maxabeni young male would have to give it up…
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