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Decline in Soutpansberg’s leopard population concerning

By Staff Reporter • 18 January 2024
Decline in Soutpansberg’s leopard population concerning

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.

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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...

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