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Leopards alive and well in the wilds of Tshwane.(News)
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BYLINE: Jacques Breytenbach
In a recent BBC documentary about leopards in Zambia's South Luangwa National Park, renowned natural history film-maker, David Attenborough, recited an African poem on how these elusive cats are seen by the local population:
Gentle hunter, his tail plays on the ground, while he crushes the skull.
Beautiful death, who puts on a spotted robe when he goes to his victims.
Playful killer, whose loving embrace, splits the antelope's heart.
Although most people would believe that the hustle-and-bustle of a ...
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Beijing to Establish More Nature Reserve Parks
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency
; ...its first group of two nature reserve parks in 1985 and the city's largest nature reserve park is the 18, 000-hectare Lamagou Nature Reserve Park which is a home to wild leopards and other 56 kinds of wild...
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China's first state-level bamboo nature reserve established in SWprovince
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency
; ...week to state-level nature reserve by the State Council...cabinet. The Changning Nature Reserve for Bamboo, located...level. Inhabiting the nature reserve are 1,345 kinds of...animals, including leopards and golden eagles...
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Fire leaves trail of devastation; Pine plantations and animals in nature reserve devoured by flames.(News)
Newspaper article from: Cape Argus (South Africa)
; ...the Hottentots Holland Nature Reserve - which lies above greater...of operations at the nature reserve's headquarters at...their hunters, the Cape leopard. Our teams have reported fresh spoor as well as leopard droppings behind Sneeukop...
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Qomolangma Nature Reserve Well Protected
Newspaper article from: Xinhua English Newswire
; ...Mt. Everest) Peak Nature Reserve in the Tibet Autonomous...this third-largest nature reserve in China, which covers...told Xinhua that snow leopards, Tibetan wild donkeys...tourists visit the nature reserve annually.
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Plateau life science research institute set up in China's Hoh Xil Nature Reserve
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency
; ...in China's Hoh Xil Nature Reserve HOL XIL, Qinghai Province...plateau of the Hoh Xil Nature Reserve. The Hoh Xil Plateau...China. The fragile nature reserve harbors many endangered...antelope, wild yak, snow leopard and snow lotus in northwest...
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Sino-Russian Nature Reserve to Revive Wild Population (1)
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency
; A large nature reserve will be established along the lower...tiger and a rare species of Far East leopard. Experts from the two nations will...Wusuli River converge, the Sanjiang Nature Reserve is known for its biological diversity...
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Dutch authorities hunt mysterious wild cat in an eastern nature reserve
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream
; ...mysterious cat sighted in a Dutch nature reserve, unsure what kind of animal...tail. It is neither a puma, a leopard nor a jaguar _ but it could be...But the cat in the Hoge Veluwe nature reserve, about 80 kilometers (50 miles...
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Henan Opens State Nature Reserve
Newspaper article from: Xinhua English Newswire
; ...Central China's Henan Province recently opened the Funiu Mountain Nature Reserve which covers more than 560 sq km in Xixia, Nanzhao, Luanchuan...entomological insects and 50 species of endangered animals, including leopards.
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Wildlife Protection In China's Largest Nature Reserve
Newspaper article from: Xinhua English Newswire
; ...Tens of thousands wild yaks, wild ass, antelopes, snow leopards, and other rare animals were killed in the 90,000-sq...activities over the past two years. The area was declared a nature reserve in 1995 by the Qinghai provincial government, and seven...
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Preserving SA for our children; Today is Heritage Day and people celebrate it in different ways. Jabulile Ngwenya, along with a number of representatives of Gauteng's agriculture department, visited the Suikerbosrand Nature Reserve, one of five such places in the province.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Star (South Africa)
; Suikerbosrand Nature Reserve measures about 18 000ha and is some...excluding four of the big five (leopards are sighted now and then), and...that the plans Gpace has for the nature reserve are to ensure sound management of...
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