Some snowy #throwbackphotos from the Cape Leopard Trust archives!❄ All this wintery wet weather we’ve been having in the Cape reminded us of this particular cold snap in the Cederberg in 2018, when the landscapes around our camera traps were also coated in a white blanket of snow and made for some pretty epic animal portraits! 🌨🏔 Stay safe out everyone – be extra careful and lie low if you can! #CamTrapChronicles #snow
Cape Leopard Trust
Non-profit Organizations
Working to ensure continued survival of leopards, their prey & their habitat through research, conservation & education
About us
The leopard is the last big predator to still roam free in the Western Cape, South Africa. The species faces multiple threats, including limited and fragmented habitat, reduction in prey numbers and high levels of conflict with people. The Cape Leopard Trust (CLT, established 2004) is a non-governmental, non-profit, public benefit organisation that aims to facilitate and promote the conservation of biological diversity, with a focus on the leopard as a flagship species. The CLT consists of a small, highly dedicated and enthusiastic team, spread across a number of project areas, and for the past 15 years they have been working to ensure the long-term survival of leopard populations for the benefit of nature and society. The CLT uses a combination of rigorous scientific research, applied conservation, and environmental education and outreach to better understand leopards, inform management policies, mitigate human-leopard conflict, promote biodiversity conservation and habitat connectivity, uplift and upskill community members living in leopard areas, and inspire the next generation to become conservation ambassadors.
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http://www.capeleopard.org.za
External link for Cape Leopard Trust
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- 11-50 employees
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- Cape Town
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- 2004
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A worthwhile read...🐆⬇ The latest IUCN Red List global status update for leopards was published on 5 July 2024. It represents the most comprehensive study of 𝘗𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘶𝘴 status ever conducted, and involved more scientists working across leopard range than ever before. Unfortunately, the outlook for these big cats is rather bleak throughout most of their distribution, and popular coverage like this from National Geographic helps shine a spotlight on this important cause. #WildlifeWednesday #Pantherapardus #leopard #leopardconservation
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Inspiring work being done by Sustainable Ceder to save the critically endangered Clanwilliam cedar, with the help of EarthRanger technology. Show some support and give them a follow! 🌱🌲 #ThreatThursday #TechForConservation #ConservationTechnology #ConservationInAction
Here's a cool use of #EarthRanger we didn't expect when first developing the tool: tracking the health of saplings! Meet Sustainable Ceder, a nonprofit based in South Africa's Cederberg region, focused on ensuring the survival of the critically endangered Clanwilliam cedar. With less than 20,000 trees left in the wild today, this species is one of the rarest trees on our planet. Able to live up to 400 years, Sustainable Ceder uses #EarthRanger mobile to track critical details like exact location, date, altitude, the direction the sapling faces, soil conditions, and more to improve the likelihood these Clanwilliam cedars survive. Returning to the sapling every six months, the data they collect through #EarthRanger is helping them refine their processes and strategies to advance this effort forward.
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Today is #WorldPorcupineDay and to celebrate we’re re-sharing this wonderfully rare shot of a white porcupine from the Little Karoo! This individual’s colouration (or rather lack thereof) is likely due to a genetic condition called albinism or leucism – sometimes it is a bit tricky to say which since the conditions share some of the same characteristics. Albinism refers to the complete lack of melanin – the natural pigment that gives skin, feathers, hair, and eyes their colour. Albino animals are white or pale over their entire bodies, and have pale, pink, or red eyes. Leucism on the other hand involves a partial loss or reduction of all types of pigments, not just melanin, so leucistic animals may either have pale or muted colours or irregular patches of white, and they retain their normal eye colour (or have blue eyes). Our guess is that this is a leucistic porcupine, but if any experts want to weigh in, please do! Regardless, both conditions are rare in the animal kingdom, and we’re lucky to have caught a glimpse of this special oddity on our Cape Leopard Trust camera traps! More at 🔗👇 #CamTrapChronicles #porcupine #capeporcupine #africanporcupine
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Exactly mid-way through 2024 and sharing this dreamy leopard pic to celebrate! Thanks to everyone who has supported the Cape Leopard Trust over the years, and if you are new to our page – welcome! 🐆🐾
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#throwbackphoto from the Cape Leopard Trust archives ~ A honey badger (ratel ~ 𝘔𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘰𝘳𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴) trots past a camera trap in the Rawsonville area, with the early winter morning light illuminating the peaks of the Du Toitskloof mountains in the background. #CameraTrapChronicles
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June 23-20 is World Female Ranger week, aimed at amplifying the voices of female rangers around the world to support their impactful work in protecting wildlife and wild spaces, while empowering women and uplifting communities. To celebrate, please enjoy this Cape Leopard Trust Conservation Careers showcase featuring field guide Hannah du Plessis from Bushmans Kloof - part of The Red Carnation Hotel Collection 🐾 🎬 https://lnkd.in/dTbXNHdQ #WorldFemaleRangerWeek
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Our popular 𝕆ℕ𝕃𝕀ℕ𝔼 ℚ𝕌𝕀ℤ is back! Our Cape Leopard Trust Environmental Education team has put together this fun test to give you a glimpse into what it’s like to be a wildlife researcher. This is intended as a fun activity for learners but anyone can take part. Visit bit.ly/LeopardQuiz2024 and see how you fare! A prize will be awarded to the top performer in each age category and the quiz closes 31 Aug 2024 (T’s and C’s apply) #TeachingTuesday
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𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹 – only 1️⃣ week left to get your #Mobikraal design submitted! If you have the skills and vision to design a livestock enclosure that is affordable, safe, durable, portable and predator-proof, please let us hear from you! The Cape Leopard Trust is currently hosting a national competition looking for an innovative design to develop such a kraal (a corral or protective enclosure). The initiative, dubbed ‘Mobi-kraal’, seeks to leverage creative input and expertise from a diverse pool of participants, aiming to improve coexistence between people and predators within agricultural landscapes. Participants stand a chance to win a cash prize of up to R50 000, and travel and accommodation costs valued at R20 000 to help the CLT develop and field test their design. *𝘔𝘰𝘣𝘪-𝘬𝘳𝘢𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 The Royal Commission for AlUla, 𝘏𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘏𝘰𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘯 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵, Van Tienhoven Foundation, Oppenheimer Generations Research & Conservation, 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪 𝘏𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 Spoor & Fisher* #designchallenge #innovationforconservation #predatorconservation #conservationinaction #farmerpredatorconflict #farmerpredatorcoexistence
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21 June is #WorldGiraffeDay – an annual event that celebrates the tallest animal on earth (on the longest night of the year!) and aims to raise awareness of the challenges giraffe face in the wild. Globally, giraffe is listed as Vulnerable by the IUCN Red List, and the populations of several of the nine subspecies are declining. We’re sharing some love for these wonderfully strange creatures with this awesome camera trap shot from a game reserve (where giraffe has been introduced) during our Cape Leopard Trust Little Karoo survey. Our camera traps are not really set up for such tall critters – mostly we just got hooves, ankles and shins! 😆🦒 More at 🔗👇 #WorldGiraffeDay2024 #StickYourNeckOutForGiraffe #StandTallForGiraffe GIRAFFE CONSERVATION FOUNDATION
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