Tracing the Cape’s lost leopards
The Overberg once teemed with wildlife, but the numbers have been radically reduced. The Cape Leopard Trust is showing that many animals are still out there
14 July 2022 - 05:00
Thirty-five years ago, at a time of widespread civil unrest in SA, the death of a leopard caused a greater outcry than killings in the townships.
To be fair, the leopard’s demise had a resonance among only a few. But it was also a brief respite from grim news of innumerable suffering in the struggle against apartheid, and it did spur a wider compassion for the diminishing wildlife existing close to human habitation...
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