Leopard help
optirite
A bit off topic, yet probably still in our court. Would anyone like to help?
Spoken to them. The price of the collar has jumped to 25k and they do not have it yet due to insufficient funds.
If you donate, pse indicate “Overland” (and your name) on the deposit slip. If we get enough donations we will be invited to the collaring and release.
Mike Cliff
URGENT HELP REQUIRED
Hi guys
We are trying to get help from who ever is prepared to help us in this case. Jobedi Game
Reserve is situated outside of Vaalwater and Elize from Foto Uniek told me who to contact. We at
Jobedi rescued a Leopard from a snare and below is the story and how you can help.
This male "Mohlatsi" (meaning the Lucky One) was caught in a snare on 09 May 2008 set by the
locals to trap warthogs to feed their families. Jobedi received a phone call from Naturemail: phi...@leisuresure.co.za
Conservation to assist in helping the cat. Normally in situations where Nature Conservation is
involved the easiest way is to put the animal out of its mysery since they don't have the resources
or the funding to manage situations such as this.
Trevor and the local vet saw that there is a chance of saving this boy and by darting it we were
able to free it from the snare. We transfered the Leopard to our farm (Jobedi) to keep a close eye
on his progress. On the 24th May 2008 Sharin went to inspect the cat and realized that the
wounds had split open. We called in the vet, and the operation started on Saturday 24th May
2008 around 19:30 that evening where we had to shave the hair, clean out the wound, closed it
up, and also cut about 5cm's of its tail which was badly injured and septic.
Up to date we've been feeding the animal, monitoring his progress and administering anti biotics.
The wound has healed perfectly and he is ready to be released. In the interests of conservation
we would like to collar him and release him within in the next 3 weeks onto a section of Jobedi
Game Reserve so that he may find and establish a new territory on our farm and a section of our
neighbour farm.
For us to be able to release and track this animal to make sure that he will be safe we need to
buy a collar for R19 000.00. So far we've raised R12 000.00 and any amount (R100) will get us
closer to our goal. If you can help with R100.00 and friends with a R100.00 we will be able to get
our collar asap. We are planning to order our collar on Monday 14 July 2008 (delivery take 3
weeks) and release first week in August.
PLEASE if you forward this email to who you think will be able to help.
Bank details as follows:
Jobedi Game Reserve
First National Bank
Branch: Krugersdorp
Branch Code: 250 241
Account Number: 6201 681 8314
Swift Address: FIRN ZA JJ 124
Reference: Mohlatsi - Leopard
Kindest regards
Trevor & Sharin
Lodge Managers, Jobedi Game Reserve
Tel:+27 ( 0) 14 755 3993, Fax: +27 (0) 86 612 9937, Mob: +27 (0) 72 032 5981
Email: ga...@jobedi.co.za / Web: www.jobedi.co.za