General news and project updates
The Cape Leopard Trust Appointed ABSA Cape Epic Official Charity
Published: 23 May 2016
We are thrilled to announce that The Cape Leopard Trust has secured a three year partnership with the ABSA Cape Epic. Four official charities will be aligned to the event for the next three years, and…
City Cat’s Long Walk to Freedom
Published: 16 May 2016
Over the last year and a half, Dr Laurel Serieys has been with us from her home in LA working on a partnership project. With leopards and other members of the 'big 5' long gone from…
Launching our Poetry Competition, “Is Nature Calling You?”
Published: 09 May 2016
As you may know, every year the Cape Leopard Trust Environmental Education Project hosts a creative competition. This year we are excited to announce that we are holding an Inter-school poetry competition called "Is nature calling you?" and…
Earth Day 2016 Child Art Auction Fundraiser at Hotel Verde
Published: 25 April 2016
Like a hobbit’s burrow, guests made their way down into the magically transformed Hotel Verde basement. Into the warmth and out of the refreshing new rains. African fire drums, marimba band beats, leopard dressed up welcome ladies from Afrodizzyacts,…
My experience as an Intern at Cape Leopard Trust
Published: 13 April 2016
By Hilda Chishamba, Cape Leopard Trust Intern Traveling in the bus for three days, I thought to myself, “Am I making the right decision?” I calmly thought that I was in the bus already so it…
Green Carpet Event - Join The Cape Leopard Trust to Celebrate Earth Day with Art, Poetry & Conservation
Published: 06 April 2016
In partnership with Hotel Verde, Africa’s first Carbon Neutral Hotel we are hosting a special celebration of conservation, art and poetry on Thursday, 21 April 2016, to mark Earth Day and in aid of our environmental…
An Epic Finish For Cape Leopard Trust Cyclists
Published: 29 March 2016
We are pleased to report back that both teams riding the 2016 ABSA Cape Epic on behalf of The Cape Leopard Trust finished the face, each doing exceptionally well in their individual categories and placements. Helen…
An ‘EPIC’ adventure with Soetendal NGK Primary School
Published: 18 March 2016
By Hadley Lyners, CLT Environmental Education Coordinator With the Absa Cape Epic underway, The Cape Leopard Trust traditionally seeks to increase environmental education awareness around the survival of Cape leopards along the route of this exciting cycling race.…
‘How Lucky Are We?’
Published: 15 March 2016
Environmental Education camp in the Cederberg with 2nd year students from Centurion AcademyBy Rona van der Merwe We are on our backs in a Cederberg dirt road surrounded by silence on a moonless summer’s night. It is…
Time in Nature with Witzenberg Primary School
Published: 15 March 2016
The Cederberg Mountains meet with the Wolsey kidsBy Hilda Chishamba, Cape Leopard Trust 2016 Intern As part of the environmental education done by the Cape Leopard Trust, we hosted 16 Witzenberg primary school kids at Majtiesrivier Nature…
Acceptable trapping techniques
The Cape Leopard Trust’s position statement on acceptable trapping techniques for carnivore research
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