Purrmanent Resident
A year ago last night, five hundred of you packed the main theatre of the Royal Geographical Society in the West End to help celebrate and commemorate 25 years of Kicheche. The soiree’s most sensitive moment came when we reflected on our most fabled alumni, two-legged and four-legged, who are no longer with us.
However, one dynasty in Mara North refuses to let go of its matriarch: Nalangu is not only a grandmother, AGAIN, but she will soon be 20 (twenty) years old. This is breaking new ground, we think, for almost any wild leopard.
For much of the 70s, 80’s and indeed 90’s the skin trade took an obscene toll on leopards, not now. Spending time with one or indeed a family, off road, with just a handful of vehicles at most, is dining from the highest dappled table.
This conservancy queen’s grandchildren are tiny, thank you Jimmy for the updates. We have these box office spots all over our three Mara Conservancies namely, Sankuet, Nape, Spot (unoriginal name, I know) – many have teenagers unwilling to be pushed out into the wild. Laikipia’s sightings are better than ever too.
Yes, we have most of Noah’s other African lot within our territories too, but let’s be honest: for so many, these arboreal cats, in terms of wish list, are, appropriately, at the top of the tree.
