The Cape Leopard is half the size of others in South Africa and very little is known about them. We put a camera in the Cedarberg to capture one. www.pasella.com

A struggle for survival is playing out in South Africa’s inhospitable Cederberg Mountains. A unique population of African leopards, perfectly adapted to this rugged terrain, is losing a battle with a ruthless enemy: humans. Habitat destruction and persecution by farmers have pushed these cats to the brink … and their fate now rests in the hands of a dedicated wildlife conservationist. Quinton Martins knows that research is key when it comes to saving a species – but gathering data about these elusive cats is not easy. With time running out, help arrives in an unusual form… One of the world’s…

Insights into the Cape Leopard Trust.

An apex predator in the rugged Western Cape region of South Africa, the little researched and undeservedly vilified Cape leopard is an umbrella species whose conservation effectively helps to preserve smaller, lower profile predators.

See if you can spot the leopard. This is rare footage of an elusive Cape leopard captured by Cape Leopard Trust researchers in the Cederberg Mountains, South Africa. To find out more about the leopard "Spot" you can Adopt-a-Spot.