Nature Conservation
In March 2023, a leopard was sighted crossing the N1 from the Komatiland plantation into Louis Trichardt's suburbs. While this came as a surprise to many, leopards are not uncommon in the Soutpansberg.
For over a decade, Durham University's Primate and Predator Project has monitored the leopard population within the western Soutpansberg, using a permanent camera-trapping grid that observes the leopard population and other species in the mountains. "A...