One Conservancy and two events worthy of documentation. Kulete, favoured cheetah of Olare and Naboisho has FINALLY revealed her hand, or indeed her brood, appearing within minutes of camp with three tiny spotty balls of fluff. She has managed to elude the many looking for her in the previous weeks. Top work Charles for chivvying them from their lair and nice work Nancie for lining them up in her viewfinder.
Rangers were immediately called and will remain close but not inseparable companions for a while. Cheetah numbers are dropping and single-parent creches are the Conservancies’ biggest assets and need protecting.
From single-kilo kittens to something rather bigger as Esther, James and the team saw the rampant Enkoyanai pride knock over a buffalo fawn and then take on two adults successfully. Primordial, visceral, atavistic … employ whatever adjective you like but this was a Conservancy game drive coming close to faunal nirvana.
The drama of a male lion jumping onto the back of a buffalo cow is not everyone’s main course but it will feed this rapacious pride for days.
However, tonight, spare a thought for that delicately featured cheetah mum as she spends a cold night keeping her vulnerable trinity warm for the night, not knowing what dangers will face her tomorrow.
