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Re: The Cheetahs of Rooiputs area KTP

Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2018 9:51 pm
by Mel
The mum is Catrin, an offspring of the legendary Caster :-)

Re: The Cheetahs of Rooiputs area KTP

Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2018 9:58 pm
by Mel
For the boys I don't have a name yet. The first record of them I know of was from July 2017.

Re: The Cheetahs of Rooiputs area KTP

Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2018 6:18 am
by Peter Betts
That's very interesting and thanks for the info Mel ...Apart from the odd Addo Male lion I dont really know anything about names of other animals especially in KTP where I treat them as beauty and photo subjects which is the main reason I go to Rooiputs KTP as the light in the river in the morning is perfect and traffic quiet for 45 mins and of course the Non SANParks wild unfenced camping which I yearn for ..I dont do perimeter fences well..I will try and remember who Caster is next year ..Thanks again :-) :-)

Re: The Cheetahs of Rooiputs area KTP

Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2018 8:33 pm
by Mel
Ja, some people are not so much into naming wild animals which is fair enough to me.
I basically posted it for the sake of those who are interested but struggle with the IDing themselves \O

Oh, rather remember Catrin though. Caster might not be around much longer anymore. At the age of 11.5 years
she's a rather mature cheetah (and actually might even not be around anymore at this point - my last record of
her is from March and she was not faring well…)