News from the Pilanesberg Wildlife Trust
Pilanesberg Wildlife Introductions
Short update on the introductions
Posted on 02 Sep 2008 by News Desk
Cheetah
The debate as to how many Cheetahs there are in the Pilanesberg has been an ongoing one over the last few years between the Park staff and the concessionaires.
A concerted effort by the Guides of the various Lodges in the park was done to try and get photos of all Cheetahs sighted.
I even ran an article in the Pilanesberg News asking visitors to the Park to please send in any photos of Cheetahs seen during their visit.
With all the Photos i received it became evident that the population in Pilanesberg was really low.
So low in fact that i only received photos of one Male.
He was easily identifiable by a scar on his nose.
So for a while it was thought that only one Cheetah, a male was still alive.
Well that all changed today, a Cheetah was seen about 100m from the Manyane Gate.
I arrived there to discover that the Cheetah had killed an Impala and was busy dragging it away to start feeding.
When i looked at the face of the animal i noticed that it did not have any scaring and looked allot smaller than the Male we knew.
This got me excited, as could this be an unknown animal.
My excitement turned into outright elation when the cheetah turned around and revealed that it was indeed a female.
This is great news for the Pilanesberg population and shows that there is still hope for the population to increase again.
I once again ask all visitors to Pilanesberg to please submit to me any photos they may have of Cheetah as well as a brief description of the date and location.
Andrew Jackson
CEO
Pilanesberg Wildlife Trust.
A concerted effort by the Guides of the various Lodges in the park was done to try and get photos of all Cheetahs sighted.
I even ran an article in the Pilanesberg News asking visitors to the Park to please send in any photos of Cheetahs seen during their visit.
With all the Photos i received it became evident that the population in Pilanesberg was really low.
So low in fact that i only received photos of one Male.
He was easily identifiable by a scar on his nose.
So for a while it was thought that only one Cheetah, a male was still alive.
Well that all changed today, a Cheetah was seen about 100m from the Manyane Gate.
I arrived there to discover that the Cheetah had killed an Impala and was busy dragging it away to start feeding.
When i looked at the face of the animal i noticed that it did not have any scaring and looked allot smaller than the Male we knew.
This got me excited, as could this be an unknown animal.
My excitement turned into outright elation when the cheetah turned around and revealed that it was indeed a female.
This is great news for the Pilanesberg population and shows that there is still hope for the population to increase again.
I once again ask all visitors to Pilanesberg to please submit to me any photos they may have of Cheetah as well as a brief description of the date and location.
Andrew Jackson
CEO
Pilanesberg Wildlife Trust.
Posted on 01 Sep 2008 by News Desk
Brown Hyena Den in Pilanesberg National Park
Brown Hyena Den Found in the Pilanesberg.
A Brown Hyena Den was found in the Pilanesberg recently in the extreme Western part of the Park.
A Brown Hyena Den was found in the Pilanesberg recently in the extreme Western part of the Park.
Posted on 29 Aug 2008 by News Desk
Pilanesberg Wildlife Trust News
How unbelievable that the year has flown, and the Christmas holidays are around the corner. Hopefully the Park will be a favourite destination for lots of visitors, and may you all enjoy your drives and see what you hoped to see!
During the last quarter of the year useful contacts have been made for the Trust, and many different avenues were explored to fundraise.
During the last quarter of the year useful contacts have been made for the Trust, and many different avenues were explored to fundraise.
Posted on 01 Feb 2008 by News Desk
The Trust Manager
The Trust manager was appointed during January 2007. It was a busy year with a lot of activities including the beginning of a network building - mainly through the Pilanesberg National Park News which comes out quarterly, and is distributed free of charge at all the entrance gates to the Pilanesberg, as well as the Lodges and Pilanesberg Centre. The Newspaper can be subscribed to, but we have mailed some to our overseas guests who only come on holiday once in a while. Many good relationships have been built up with supporters to the Pilanesberg, and offers of assistance from artists and photographers.
I have realised again and again that there are so many people out there who are passionate about conservation and wildlife.
I have realised again and again that there are so many people out there who are passionate about conservation and wildlife.
Posted on 15 Jan 2008 by News Desk
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