November 14, 2009
The other carefully aimed kick would be for not capturing the Nottens Female in her mothers’ (The 3:4 Female ) old haunts. Marking territory, rubbing up against trees, watching over her savanna from prominent termite mounds and reclining on the same rocks that her mother hid her when she was no bigger than a scrub hare. Nottens has taken the 3:4 females territory and this, for the rangers and trackers of Londolozi, is exciting stuff. No longer will afternoons on Nyamakunze Crest be filled with the ghost of 3:4 and now the Tugwaan Drainage Line will quite possibly have cub tracks in it once again.
The 3:4 female, in case you missed her, was part of a remarkable leopard lineage that stretches back to the original mother leopard who was first encountered in 1979 by John Varty. Rangers and Trackers have followed the mother leopard’s family for 30 years. Sentimentality in the bush is not typically encouraged, we are supposed to be passive observers, however it just seems so fitting to see the next generation of this magnificent family line continuing unchecked in their ancestral heartland.
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October 21, 2009
Everyone has a power animal; when we see it our hearts skip a beat, we sit transfixed observing its every movement, gazing as if inspecting its soul. There is an understanding which words simply don’t do justice in explaining. It’s just a feeling. Deeply embedded in the animal is a reflection of our own personality, our characteristics and a break down of self!
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