
I want to walk into the office of the CEO of Mpumalanga Parks Board next week, armed with your support and confirm our help to prevent senseless killings of wild unfenced Leopards throughout the province.
Next year will be our ten year anniversary and the biggest yet for the ILP. Provincial authorities have no funds or people to tackle the issues at hand and have asked for our help. We must act now to conserve the dwindling leopard population. Time is slipping away, but we need funds to tackle the problems and mobilise a team. That is why we have put together a membership scheme. Please make a small donation (your choice, but please don't hold back), and become a member of the ILP. You'll receive regular updates from the front line of wildlife conservation and a voucher worth $380 which you can redeem against a 2010 Wildlife Safari with On Track Safaris.
Donations can be made by credit card via our UK Representatives Research Cam www.researchcam.com. All funds raised go to the ILP.
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Thanks in advance
Written by Will Fox

We received a boost this week when large carnivore behaviour specialist Kevin Richardson agreed to work more closely with the ILP, offering his skills and expert knowledge to assist us with upcoming projects. As most of you will know, Kevin has been associated with the ILP for many years, since he presented In Search of a Legend - Black Leopard. After hearing of our busy schedule and need for more assistance, Kevin was quick to offer his support and expertise to the ILP team. He brings a unique insight into the behaviour of carnivores, which will dovetail well with our operations in 2010.
We face some huge challenges next year and need more support both from experts and research volunteers. Let me know if you can help.
Written by Will Fox
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I hope you are doing well. Just wanted to may be add some more confusion on current lion dynamics and numbers.
Today I found some information on the Elephant Plains Rangers Diary for July. There it is mentioned, that they have seen the Sandy Patch Female with FOUR healthy cubs, as well as the 2 Styx females (the ones separated from the bulk of the pride) with FOUR cubs (instead of the 2 we are knowing about). As always, the lion dynamics are exciting on one hand and somewhat confusing on the other with regards to numbers.
Best regards from Germany
Peter
to add on my previous post, here is the related information I found on the Simbambili Rangers Diary 19th-22nd of July:
Lion sightings have also been great this week, with the first sighting for some time of the Sandy Patch lioness and her 3 cubs, she frequents the area around Djuma but we often see her tracks in and out of our traversing area, so we were very lucky when see was seen on drive with her cubs. They are 2 females and a male, we can just only hope that she can raise them to adulthood and then we may see the beginnings of a new pride in the north of our area.
Best regards
Peter
it is pretty quiet on the lion discussion thread over the last couple of weeks, although there seems to be a lot of lion activity around Djuma.
Actually I am getting a bit confused on the reports of the Sandy Patch Female and her cubs. I think one of the recent reports (last week) indicated that she is around Vuyatela with all 3 cubs. In the video highlights of the 25th pm drive we can see her with only 2 cubs and Patrick telling us, that she has lost one cub already some time ago. Do you know what the story and the status is?
Thanks and best regards
Peter
In case you might have missed it, I've seekpointed updates and info on 3 n e w Lions in the area for you and Karen from the AM drive today. It runs from the seekpoint all the way to the very, very end of the 08:00 time slot.
Sharon
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