One of the larger territorial male leopards resident on Lion Sands kills a baby elephant. Although the elephant's mother was able to chase the leopard away, by the time she got to her calf it had already stopped breathing. Lion Sands' Ecologist had viewed the baby earlier in the day, and had recorded that he was concerned about its health. Although it is never nice to see a young animal being killed by a predator, it seems that the calf was already very weak and would possibly not have survived much longer...

Es grusst, Hans

Nun, es kann auch in die andere Richtung gehen.
2 Tage bevor wir Mitte November 2010 im Wilderness Trail Camp Olifants (Krüger Nationalpark) eintraffen, hatte das Baboon Leittier (Big Boy) einen Leoparden getötet. Andere Affen fielen sofort über den tötlich verwundetet Leoparden her. Dies teilte uns 'Shambok' mit, der Augenzeuge war.
Den toten Leoparden fanden wir anderntags nicht mehr. Aber frische, tiefe Hyänenspuren die vom 'Tatort' wegführten waren eine Erklärung dafür.
Gruss Rajang