New Developments in Pilanesberg
Conservation starts with Children
Local School Visits Pilanesberg
Posted on 22 Oct 2008 by News Desk
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 opens its first Iron Age site to the public
Over one hundred archaeological sites are scattered throughout the park, ranging from small temporary domestic stock kraals to large villages on top of mountains that once housed hundreds of inhabitants. Earlier attempts to clear and reconstruct the site near Tilodi dam were abandoned when the fence for the Environmental Education Zone (Manyane Complex) was shifted and the site fell outside the safe confines of the EEZ.Posted on 01 Feb 2008 by News Desk
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