Kgalagadi Cheetah Sightings - CURRENT

[AstroMatt]

2016-07-27 Caster and 4 Cubs
Sighting and photos by Dieter Quoos
Between Geinab and Unions End at around 15:30.
After she crossed the road with her four cubs she started looking for food and saw a lonely springbok In the dry riverbed. Then she decided to hide the 4 cubs on the other side of the road in the deep bushes. After 45 minutes she came back without the cubs about 500 meters north of the point where she was disappearing with the cubs. She started to hunt the lonely springbok in the riverbed. She stalked a distance over 400 meter, but in 60 / 70 meters distance the Springbok noticed the cheetah and the hunt was abandoned.

Spot the 4 little faces.

[AstroMatt]

Cora

Cora seen at Mata Mata on 28th August 2016
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid ... 671&type=3

[Mel]

Botham, Sobers & Kallis
22/09/2016 around 7.45 am till about 8.00 am at Grootkolk waterhole

© Franco van Neel
Botham at the back, Sobers drinking, Kallis looking around

© Franco van Neel
Botham at the back, Sobers looking

Franco reported having seen only 3 cheetahs. Kapildev was missing here. But guests at Grootkolk said they had seen a single cheetah further north of Grootkolk.
Could be any of the cheetahs, could be Kapildev. We won't know that for sure.

[Mel]

Still no ID on "my" cheetahs, but sad news again...

AstroMatt saw Corinne with all four cubs on the 14th close to Sitzas. The next day - the 15th - he saw her again with only 2 cubs. There is another sighting by BluTuna of her hunting close to Sitzas on that same day. Link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/3546807 ... 645474944/ Katydownunder saw Corinne and only two cubs again on the 17th. Link: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid ... 657&type=3

I guess, it's save to assume that Corinne lost two of her four cubs between the 14th and the 15th November 2016

[Mel]

Hanri with Kerru & Kian

09 October 2016 - south of Montrose

[Mel]

Hanri with Kerru & Kian

11 October 2016 around Rooibrak

[Mel]

Hanri with Kerru & Kian

13/10/2016 - south of Kamqua

[Michele Nel]

Fancy

Saw this cheetah on 04/01/2017...along the Nossob River south of Kij KIj. I think it was a male.

[Mel]

Caster with her 4 Cubs
08/09/2016 at Nossob

There was a small herd of springbok in the middle of the river. All of a sudden mum came flying out of the bushes after a springbok. It was so quick. She killed a young springbok very close to the fence where the new chalets are being built. The workers made so much noise shout and yelling at her that once she had made her kill she walked off.
This was about 11am. She came back after 5pm when the workers had gone home. She dragged the springbok right across the river to the other side. Half way along the cubs were trying to help/hinder her. She was exhausted and lay in the shade for a long while. Next morning there was no sign of her or the kill. (Text by pooky)


© pooky

© pooky

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[nan]

Cora

17/02/2017 - South of Kalahari Tented Camp

She made 2 kills, one in the morning of 17.2.2017 at 8h and the second at the same place at about 17h30.
It was at 16 km South of KTC

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