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A letter from Nick at Ingwe Greetings all nature lovers: As I am sitting here in the office and looking out to an amazing view of the indigenous forest, I have to pause from typing and attempt to warm my freezing fingers. As a person who loves winter I must admit that summer could really grace us with its presence soon! Anyway, the last few weeks have been very interesting on my side of the world. I was recently notified by the owner of a farm that he and his workers had come across a dead Impala. I at once inspected the carcass, and under the guidance of the Landmark Foundation, via telephone and sending pictures (I love technology!) the excitement grew to high measures – What was going through my mind at that point of time was that this could be a Leopard kill. We wasted no time in taking the necessary actions to try and catch and collar the suspected spotted feline. What was most interesting about this attack; was that the carcass was left under a bush very close in proximity to a dwelling. Whilst running around trying to organize the necessary protocols, a space of literally 15 minutes went by from when the carcass was last checked on and when I returned to the carcass, to my greatest surprise it was gone! Suddenly I got a little lightheaded, thinking…”What am I going to tell all these people I just phoned to help, that it is gone?!”

Now this all took place in broad daylight, which means that whatever took that Impala down was watching me the whole time. I took a walk down to the forest and found the carcass which was dragged at least 100 meters from its original position; I started to breathe easy again and also kept looking over my shoulder too! The cage was set up with great difficulty, as the best position to set it up was on very uneven and bushy terrain. Finally after setting up the cage, all we could do is sit and wait. After the second day with nothing caught yet, we thought the suspected feline had abandoned the carcass, but upon closer inspection I saw that it still was providing something a tasty snack. So plan B was implemented, camera footage had to be taken. To have motion cameras available for this type of situation would be such a blessing to my project, and fortunately we managed to source one that has been set up nearby and move it to this location. This proved to be very useful, but sadly we did not capture any Leopard on footage; however we have fantastic footage of two Caracals (Felis caracal) on camera. Even though it may have been disappointing to find no Leopard, it was still a great sighting and recording of footage. Sightings of Caracal on this farm have been quite rare recently, so it has been a very special time for us to know that they are here still. But of course we are still waiting in anticipation for a sighting of that elusive Leopard roaming this area….! I would like to say thank you to all staff at Ingwe

Forest Adventures; Landmark Foundation, and Hennie & Kathy Terblanche and his team. Without their assistance it would’ve been a nightmare to put together. And may I just say too, that is great to know that there are people out there that don’t even work in my field of work, but would gladly drop what they are doing and lend Mother Nature a helpful hand! THANK YOU For any questions feel free to contact me ( shipwreck.nicholas@gmail.com) FOR SALE: 1100mm x 800 mm canvas mounted photos by Glen Murray Contact Kitchen Cafe 044 533 3693. PHOTOGRAPHY - All occasions Still and Video. RAY FRIEDMAN 533 4450/082 787 9237/www.rayphoto.co.za. Framing Adri Lookout Centre 082 928 6026/533 6671 FACIALS, MANI/PEDICURES waxing wraps etc Beauty + Nails @ Home holiday convenience 533 1690/073 290 1553. WOODCHIPPER HIRE: Turn your unwanted material into compost quick & easy. Ph 082 901 3444. HOMEMADE BURGERS, Lemon Meringue, Calamari Salad, Wraps mmm.... yummy only @ The River Cafe

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