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Sunday, 15 November 2009 |
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The following article appeared in the Stellenbosch Waldorf School’s weekly Update (13 November 2009): Last week the peace and quiet of the Cederberg was temporarily disturbed by the arrival of Class 6 from Stellenbosch Waldorf School. Our camp was run by Elizabeth Martins (better known to us as Liz Bond), who was our school’s Class 7 teacher last year. She led us up mountains, through tunnels, under and over boulders; and back in time as we examined ancient San sites and searched for even more ancient fossils. We learned to read animal tracks, and were rather worried to discover a puff adder track leading right through our campsite one evening! We were challenged and awed; sometimes hot and sweating; sometimes chilly and shivering; but at all times up for the adventure. The children helped and entertained each other, and no-one was left behind! We even managed a good few minutes of total silence in Wolfberg Cracks – bliss! Many thanks go from Class 6 to Liz and Quinton and the Cape Leopard Trust; it was great to see you and be introduced to your beautiful wilderness home. |
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Tuesday, 03 November 2009 |
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Virtuoso is an American Association of Independent Travel Agents. There are over 540 members of which 250 specialise in Southern Africa. The Virtuoso Properties from Southern African attend a large conference in Los Vegas every year where they host these specialists to a lunch. Each Property pays towards the lunch and the remaining funds are donated to charities in Southern Africa. This year's theme was animals and 7 associations were chosen of which The Cape Leopard Trust was one. |
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Thursday, 29 October 2009 |
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The Cape Leopard Trust has been fortunate enough to have, over the past 4 years, the ongoing and generous support of one of the world’s best tourism establishments. Bushmans Kloof, set in the northern Cederberg, was voted as the worlds best hotel in the Travel and Leisure magazine in 2009. Furthermore, their contribution towards conservation has been outstanding. |
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Thursday, 29 October 2009 |
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The Cape Leopard Trust now has the very valuable support of Bridgestone South Africa. This amazing support is in the form of a set of new Dueller All Terrain tyres, including spares, for the Trust’s fleet of five 4x4 vehicles as well as a generous cash donation. Five vehicles! Gone are the days of Quinton hitch-hiking to his study site in the Cederberg! “We are delighted to associate ourselves with the Cape Leopard Trust,” said Romano Daniels, Bridgestone South Africa’s general manager of group marketing and communications. “They are doing important conservation work, while at the same time providing valuable learning opportunities, in particular to children, about the endangered Cape mountain leopard. Our support is in line with our commitment to conservation and the environment as embodied in our 4x4 Fundi programme.” |
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Wednesday, 23 September 2009 |
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Kingsriver Estate celebrates Mother Nature on, Saturday the 26th September.
Join us for a full day of outdoor fun for all ages!
SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE!
For the Adventurous
Walk with the Wanderer 10h00 (3 hours walk, suitable for all ages)
Dr Andrew Baxter, renowned archaeologist and expert in paleoecology and environmental change, as well as being chairman of the Cape Leopard Trust, leads a hike through the Koningsrivier Kloof past ancient Bushman caves and a stone-age workshop wedged into the prehistoric rock face of this exceptionally beautiful water-eroded terrain. Along the way, you will follow rock pools to the waterfalls, spot the pair of Black or Fish Eagles and hear their cries which have echoed in this crevasse since time immemorial. Followed by a fascinating talk and slide presentation about predators in the area. (15h00) |
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Tuesday, 22 September 2009 |
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My walk through the Kloof Trail on Kingsriver Estate proved to be as fascinating as I had anticipated.
Mountaineer, CEO of Cape Storm Outdoor Apparel, renowned archaeologist and expert in paleoecology and environmental change and conservation biology – this is Dr Andrew Baxter (also chairman of the Cape Leopard Trust), who led the hike through the Koningsrivier Kloof, where the river ran for many millions of years before being dammed for agricultural purposes in 1964. |
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Sunday, 06 September 2009 |
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by Elizabeth reports The first official Cape Leopard Trust Children’s Camp took place from 28th – 30th August. It was most appropriate that this camp was for the grade 4-6 children of the Dwarsrivier and Eselbank (Cederberg) primary schools, who have been participating on our education programme throughout the year. Because the schools are so small, we held the camp for both classes, so there were fourteen children in all and a mother from each school. They used Dwarsrivier’s Kliphuis campsite, which will be used until the campsite at Matjiesrivier is ready. The camp was sponsored by the Three Cities Group. This was the first time that our new equipment - the tents and mattresses - were used and there was much excitement all round. |
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Wednesday, 26 August 2009 |
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It was extraordinary how this event had a life of its own. What began as a request by Deon Rossouw of Cape Nature’s Limietberg Nature Reserve to do a talk to a small group of Honorary Rangers, became an “event” (of note!). Approximately 200 guests attended the event at the Pearly Valley Golf estate ball room (the venue generously donated by Pearl Valley) – this after only a couple of weeks of organising. Our sincere thanks must go to Jann Killops for offering up so much of her time and organizing the event so professionally and with constant warmth. |
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Tuesday, 28 July 2009 |
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We were contact recently by Jeanine and Bill Mitchell, who own the guest farm, Oudrif, in the northern Cederberg on the Doring River. They had seen a leopard close to their property and immediately let us know. Knowing that Johan (M1) had moved north, we set a camera on their property to see if he was moving there. We would like to thank them for accommodating us at their awesome lodge, which is totally sustainable, with all the houses made from straw bales (www.oudrif.co.za). We have not yet had any photos of leopard, but have had a couple of caracal pics. |
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Friday, 24 July 2009 |
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Quinton Martins will be giving a talk on leopard conservation in the Cape at the Pearl Valley Golf Estate. The focus will be on the expansion of the project into the mountains surrounding Cape Town, including the Limietberg Nature Reserve which has a leopard population threatened due to pressures from development and humans.
In collaboration with Cape Nature, the CLT are keen to improve the management of leopards on Limietberg and this talk will go a long way to educate the public on the importance of leopards within the landscape.
Pearl Valley Golf Estate has kindly allowed us to use their conference facilities (Kindly Donated to us by an anonymous donor) for the evening so please join us for an evening of leopard conservation and conversation. All proceeds from the evening will go towards leopard conservation in the Paarl, Franschhoek, Wellington and Worcester areas (Limietberg Nature Reserve).
DATE: 05 August 2009
TIME: 18H30
VENUE: Pearl Valley Golf Estate (on the Paarl Franschhoek road before the Drakenstein Prison and Wemmershoek Dam)
COST: R90 (This includes a Buffet Dinner after the talk) Cash Bar
R40 if you have already eaten.
Please RSVP via email to Jann Killops (
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) by 27 July for catering purposes. Seats are limited!! Kitchen is Halaal
Banking DetailsBank Name: Standard Bank
Acc Name: Dr J Killops
Branch Code: 009953 (Four ways crossing)
Acc Number: 023357029
SMS payment confirmation to 072 655 7784 Reference: Name. no. people. Capeleopard. (eg.Piet Fourie (5) capeleopard)
Please forward this email to friends or groups that you think may be interested
Looking forward to seeing you on the evening
Kind Regards
The Cape Leopard Trust Team
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