Reporting Date: 01.01.2012

For the last 3 days these two leopards were seen in the same area climbing back and forth the same tree. This was the fourth day running and the 'love birds' were still at it, only this time the male seemed tired and was not interested at all on the act. For the whole half an hour we spent watching them parched on a Desert date tree, the female tried frantically to arouse the male but alas, he wouldn't bulge. We gave up and left, but the impression they left on us was that the mating ritual is similar to the rest of the cats except for the fact that they mate also up on trees. There is no particular breeding season for leoipards. They breed at any time of the year. When a female leopard is ready to breed, she will be in heat for 3 - 7 weeks until she becomes pregnant. The heat lasts 2 - 3 days each time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSpOsuz56_0 

NB: * = Same animals seen by different rangers