KK FEMALE
Born March 2004

 

November 2010

KK FEMALE 4 YEARS 5 MONTHS
WESTERN TOULON, SOUTHWESTERN CHARLESTON
(0 sightings)
There were no sightings of this female during November.

 

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October 2010

KK FEMALE 4 YEARS 5 MONTHS
WESTERN TOULON, SOUTHWESTERN CHARLESTON
(0 sightings)
There were no sightings of this female during October.

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September 2010

KK FEMALE 4 YEARS 4 MONTHS
WESTERN TOULON, SOUTHWESTERN CHARLESTON
(2 sightings)
This female continues to be shy and any sightings of her are brief. She is moving between KK crossing and Calabash crossing but staying mainly to the west of the river along what is known as the rollercoaster. As the name suggests it very uneven terrain which makes finding her hard and keeping up with her even harder.

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August 2010

KK FEMALE 4 YEARS 3 MONTHS
1 MALE CUB 18 MONTHS
WESTERN TOULON, SOUTHWESTERN CHARLESTON
(1 sightings of female alone; 0 sightings of female and cub; 9 sightings of cub alone)

This female has been very elusive this month only seen once in the whole month and even then it was a brief sighting of her moving through the reeds in the Sand River. Her son however has become very relaxed and seems to be enjoying the freedom his mother has given him. He is active and looking to hunt and even set up territory along the river. He is very brave even trying to share scavenging off of the hippo carcass with the Tjellahanga male in the south. This bids him well for the future if he is willing to continue to learn and fend for himself and stand-up for himself he could manage to set up a small territory along the river, but he still has a long way to go.

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July 2010

KK FEMALE 4 YEARS 2 MONTHS
1 MALE CUB 16 MONTHS
WESTERN TOULON, SOUTHWESTERN CHARLESTON
(1 sighting of female alone; 1 sighting of female and cub; 6 sightings of cub alone)

Although this young male is not as far a long and the son’s of the Jakkalsdraai and Rollercoaster females, he too is becoming more independent and confident. He has been seen along, also at other leopard’s kills and looking for food and trying to hunt. The KK female is a far shyer leopard compared to the other two female and thus the male has had to become more independent faster. This most interesting thing for this young male is he will be competing against the other two young males and it will be interesting to see over the next few months how these three males are going to react and compete with one another.

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June 2010

KK FEMALE 4 YEARS 1 MONTH
1 MALE CUB 16 MONTHS
WESTERN TOULON, SOUTHWESTERN CHARLESTON
(0 sighting of female alone; 0 sightings of female and cub; 4 sightings of cub alone)
There were no sightings of this female this month, but her cub was seen a few times, which indicates that he is becoming more independent and his mother is providing less for his forcing him to look after himself and develop the skills needed for him to become a successful male and survive. Although most sightings did not last long he still seems relaxed around the vehicles and provided some great viewing and photographic opportunities.

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May 2010

KK FEMALE 4 YEARS
1 MALE CUB 15 MONTHS
WESTERN TOULON, SOUTHWESTERN CHARLESTON
(3 Sighting of female alone; 2 sightings of female and cub; 12 sightings of cub alone)
The young female had a quiet month and wasn’t seen much, her cub on the other hand was one of the most viewed leopards in the south. He is staying close to the sand river around Kirkmans Kamp which might explain it but he has a tendency to stroll along the road just at the right time. One close encounter had him and his mother matched against unknown male. The male chased the youngster up a Marula while his mother watched from the cover of the nearby shrubs. Luckily he was able to scramble up into the top most branches where the unidentified male could get him. The pair walked away unscathed but with a serious lesson learnt.

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