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mars 14
2012
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Cats and Dogs galorePosted by: scout in MBT - Conservancy Diary on Mar 14, 2012 Tagged in: Bushtops Daily Game Reports
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Head Scout’s daily report
Reporting date: 13.03.2012
Our scouts reported sighting a lioness with 3 cubs around Ntulele plot area. The mother was hunting but was unsuccessful. Not far away a herd of elephants scampered into an open area and then came together surrounding the calves as if to protect them from a predator. On looking closer, a pack of 20 wild dogs emerged from the bush nearby and spread out to hunt a herd of impala that were nearby. They looked very healthy but were determined to make another kill. Our attention was later drawn to a leopard that had climbed a tree near our main gate into the camp. The scout on duty at the gate had spotted it. But when we arrived, it climbed down and hid in the nearby bush never to appear again. It was a very unique opportunity to see the cubs so close, said one guest 'but more so the wild dogs were exceptional' he added.
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Scouts on Duty (Patrol) |
Chemichemi |
Main Gate/Barrier |
Off Duty |
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| Yenko, Shuel, Lenkiroro, Tompoi, Siito, Benson, Salau | Benson |
Daniel |
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Patrol route |
Bravo 1: Main gate, Oriatu, Oloirien, Chemchem, Milimani, Oerata, Olmuratina, BT, Oloropa, Ntulele
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Bravo 2: Basecamp, Osinoni, Oloropa, Ntulele, Ngosso, Oriatu, Salt lick, Olmaroroi, Olgenchemi, BT, Safaricom, Olmuratina.
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Livestock Movement in the Conservancy |
No intrusion reported |
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Condition of wild animals |
Good |
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Condition of cattle |
- |
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Condition of vegetation |
Good |
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Weather condition |
Sunny and Hot, Rain at night |
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Water Supply |
Sufficient |
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Animals sighted |
No. of animals seen |
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African Civet Civettictis civetta |
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African Elephant Loxodonta africana |
23 |
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African Wild Cat Felis lybica |
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Banded mongoose Mungos mungo |
29 |
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Bat-eared Fox Otocyon megalotis |
4 |
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Black Rhinoceros Diceros bicornis |
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Buchell’s Zebra Equus burchellii |
50 |
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Bushbuck Tragelaphus scriptus |
17 |
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Cape Buffalo Syncerus caffer |
15 |
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Cape hare Lepus capensis |
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Caracal Felis caracal |
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Cheetah Acinonyx jubatus |
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Coke’s Hartebeest Alcelaphus buselaphus |
14 |
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Common (Golden) Jackal |
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Dwarf Mongoose Helogale parvula |
29 |
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Eland Taurotragus oryx |
14 |
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Grant’s Gazelle Gazella granti |
7 |
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Hedgehog Atelerix albiventris |
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Honey Badger (Ratel) Mellivora capensis |
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Impala Aepyceros melampus |
400 |
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Kirk’s Dik Dik Madoqua kirkii |
14 |
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Klipspringer Oreotragus oreotragus |
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Large-spotted Genet Genetta tigrina |
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Leopard Panthera padus |
1 |
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Lesser Bushbaby Galago moholi |
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Lesser Kudu Tragelaphus imberbis |
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Lion Panthera leo |
4 |
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Maasai Giraffe Giraffa camelopardalis |
17 |
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Olive Baboon Papio anubis |
40 |
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Porcupine Hystrix cristata |
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Rock Hyrax (Dassie) Heterohyrax brucei |
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Serval Felis serval |
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Side-striped Jackal Canis adustus |
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Silver-backed Jackal Canis mesomelas |
6 |
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Slender Mongoose Galerella sanguinea |
1 |
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Small-spotted Genet Genetta genetta |
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Spotted Hyena Crocuta crocuta |
4 |
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Striped Hyena Hyena hyena |
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Topi Damaliscus korrigum |
24 |
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Thompson’s Gazelle Gazella thomsoni |
50 |
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Warthog Phacochoerus eathiopicus |
18 |
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White-tailed Mongoose Ichneumia albicauda |
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Wildebeest Connochaetes taurinus |
20 |
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* Wild Dogs 20
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