Sis - what a sweet gesture from your cat - you're the surrogate mommy she totally trusted.
Klipspringer - so glad you are enjoying it, thank you. (And while I'm at it, thank you so much for all the time and effort you put into your contributions to this Forum. Very admirable.
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Mel - at the time it happened, we felt certain that was the reason for the relocation, as it seemed too coincidental.
However, in fairness, there is no way to know if perhaps that was just the time they would have been moved anyway. And to be fair to the tourists, they most probably had NO idea about the jackals, as they had just arrived, and it seemed few others knew about them either. "Benefit of the doubt" is usually the best first choice, so I'll go with that.
Dindingwe - Thank you!
Flutts - We saw a jackal mom carrying her pup down the road years ago, but it was somewhat older, so this was our best sighting by far.
RP - KTC is not fenced. It is set up on a dune, sloping down to the riverbed. The tourists were exploring the slope, at least half way down. I've never seen a single person ever walk in front of their tent, on the riverbed side, much less that far down, and in front of everyone else's tents to boot.
People do walk behind the tents on the road from time to time (go to the pool, etc), but the camp is well known for being a favorite spot for lions to stroll through, or rest awhile.
The animal instinct is something incredible.
The horn threw me off a bit because I really did think it looked like an eland's rather than springbok. (I still do 
, but that's most likely due to me needing some glasses 
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Very jealous! 
), we moved to KielieKrankie for 4 nights.
