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Paardeberg se luiperd perdfris

Published: 15 February 2017
'n Luiperdwyfie van ongeveer drie jaar, wat die naweek in 'n strik in die Paardeberg beland het, is ongedeerd. Volgens Justin Lawrence, woordvoerder van Cape Nature, het die luiperd glo onderdeur 'n draad probeer kruip, maar…

Protecting The Cape’s Big Cats With The Cape Leopard Trust

Published: 12 January 2017
The scenic Western Cape winelands are one of South Africa’s top tourist attractions, and it’s a rare visitor who doesn’t spend at least a few days exploring the region’s manicured estates and charming cellar door tasting…

Trap ’n spoor vir luiperds

Published: 26 October 2015
’n Pretdraf word volgende naweek vir die oorlewing van die Kaapse jagluiperd in die Cederberge gehou. Maryke Roberts het gaan hoor hoekom. Hoe meer mense op die aarde is, hoe minder blyplek het wilde die-re – veral die vleisvretende…

Over R400,000 Raised For Cape Leopard Trust

Published: 19 October 2015
The second annual Cape Leopard Trust Fundraiser was an incredible success. More than two hundred guests arrived at Leopard’s Leap Family Vineyards for the lunch and auction that raised R460 600 for the conservation of the…

Inspired by nature

Published: 03 August 2015
This being To Build's Green Edition, it is only appropriate that we recommend a worthy environmental cause to designers and property developers alike. Have you ever considered the animal behind one of design's most famous fabric…

This cat knows his way round town

Published: 03 August 2015
LADUMA is no ordinary Capeto-nian, but he enjoys what the city has to offer as he wanders around Cape Town’s prime real estate. He is an adult caracal or rooikat, as South Africans prefer to call the predator who has…

Tracking Cape Town's urban caracals

Published: 23 July 2015
Cape Town - A young male caracal called Jasper was hit by a car while crossing the busy M3 in Cape Town this week - something that a local researcher had long predicted after studying him…

Caracal sees her reflection for the first time totally freaks out

Published: 27 April 2015
Laurel Klein Serieys has a soft spot for pointy-eared cats. After completing her PhD studying bobcat ecology in Los Angeles, California, she set off for Cape Town in South Africa to study a different kind of urban wild…

FNB W2W Route yields exciting discovery for the Cape Leopard Trust Boland Project

Published: 24 April 2015
A recent camera checking excursion to Pofadder, an infamous MTB structure on the FNB Wines2Whales (W2W) Mountain Bike (MTB) route, has left the coordinators of the Cape Leopard Trust (CLT) Boland Project really excited. “We are…

Enviro Audit winners enjoy an adventure

Published: 26 January 2015
Fifteen excited Hout Bay pupils and teachers set off for an adventure in the Cederberg last Thursday after their schools took first, second and third prize in the Thrive 2014 Enviro Audit. This was yet another…

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