by Yvette Cardozo and Bill Hirsch with photography by Yvette Cardozo, Greg Seymour and CC Africa
Aug 2004, Vol. 8 No. 10
The night was pitch black; we didn’t expect to see much of anything. Suddenly, in the beam of our hand lamp, we spotted fresh tracks with patches of fur scattered on the ground followed by spots moving through the brush.
A young leopard had recently birthed and was hungrily in search of prey. As we watched, she dropped to a crouch hiding behind a bush. A high pitched scream reverberated through the air. The brush shook as the new mother emerged with a small, squirming deer-like duiker in her mouth.