Who said pain and pleasure don’t go together?
It’s not every day that you’re casually scrolling through your phone and a leopard walks into the room.
When a honey badger at &Beyond Kirkman’s Kamp in the Greater Kruger came face to face with three leopards, there was no backing down.
MalaMala is a large privately owned reserve which neighbours Sabi Sands and shares a common border with Kruger National Park.
When a hyena chases after a leopard cub, you can bet the public at large is going to side with the cub.
The Kgalagadi Transfrontier National Park is one of the finest places in the country to witness the big cats in action.
You have to feel for all of the parties involved here, other than the people watching on, who were treated to a once-in-a-lifetime sighting.
Lions and leopards doing battle over a kill is nothing too unusual, but to witness that battle playing out in the upper branches of a tree, one of which then snaps, certainly is.
Never has the saying “out of the frying pan into the fire” been more applicable.
You can spend a lifetime in the bush and never see anything quite like this showdown between three predators with very different techniques.
Usually, you have to head out for a game drive to spot one of the more elusive members of the Big Five. Not always, though.
Yesterday, residents of Klipgat were surprised to find a leopard prowling the streets. Thankfully, neither the leopard nor any residents were harmed.
Whilst you’re unlikely to see one of those elusive Cape leopards yourself, in other parts of the country, their larger counterparts can arrive at your doorstep.
Whilst we know that this footage was captured on the Garden Route, the exact location of the sighting has not been disclosed.
The cat was caught letting loose in the mountain range near L’Ormarins, the main estate in the Anthonij Rupert Wyne portfolio in Franschhoek.
If a game drive produces either a leopard or a python, you can count yourself pretty fortunate. How about both, involved in a duel?
Sometimes you get lucky, and you see an incredible sighting firsthand, but most of the time you have to rely on the videos of others.
When somebody calls you and tells you that there is a leopard in their laundry room, you can be excused for thinking that they’re a little confused.
In what has been described as a classic example of “The enemy of my enemy is my friend”, two Pilansberg leopards duked it out for their next meal.
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Stop whatever you’re doing and look at the gorgeous pics of this rare African black leopard spotted in Kenya.
I don’t want to ruin the ending here, but I’m guessing you have a good idea about who is going to come out tops.
Six villagers in the northern Indian city of Jalandhar were injured, before the leopard was eventually caught and tranquilised.
Usually, your best chance of seeing the big cats being active is to wake up early and get out of the camp. Sometimes, though, the action comes to you.
There are a number of big cats around the world that inspire awe and fear, but if you’re after the deadliest you’ll need to look a little closer.
The Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park is a must visit for large cat lovers, with lion, cheetah and leopard sightings a regular occurrence. Preferably not this up close and personal, though.
Leopards are usually quick to flee when confronted with humans, but this cat was obviously pretty over the crowd of onlookers.
A leopard may sit well above the porcupine on the food chain, but that doesn’t always mean the cat will always have its way. Eina.
Over the past few years we’ve seen a number of pictures and videos of the elusive Gordon’s Bay leopard, but this footage is actually rather alarming.
Betty’s Bay may be home to the African penguin, but it’s now trying to make room for a leopard, too – check it out.