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Wildlife journeys Animal antics
this month
On safari in South Africa Our favourite animal news and

WOA Editor, Zara Gaspar, recounts stories. Let us know yours at
animals@animalanswers.co.uk
her trip home to South Africa
Growing up in South Africa, I was fortunate Animal News
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enough to experience wildlife from a young
age, with countless trips to safari parks during The Living Planet Report
2016, the world’s single most
school holidays. I still visit South Africa often, comprehensive survey of the
but my last trip was particularly special. health of our planet – based
My family and I visited Pilanesburg National on data from WWF and ZSL
Park where we have been many times before. – has shown that, without
We always manage to see rhinos and lions, urgent action, global vertebrate
but it is not often we get to see other big populations are set to decline by
cats like cheetahs and leopards. However, on a devastating average of 67 per
this trip, we had not been in the park more cent from 1970 levels by 2020.
than 30 minutes when we spotted three male
cheetahs right on the side of the road. No
matter how many times you have seen a big
cat, it never gets old. It was incredible.
A day later, we were told there had been
a leopard sighting. I had never seen a wild Tell us
leopard before, but thanks to the help of a about one of your
kind ranger, we got to the right location just wildlife holidays by
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With the release of the much-
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And Where To Find Them movie,
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In a rut
Kevin John Pigney
“I recently had a very successful day in London
shooting red deer images. This is the rutting
season and their behaviour is amazing to observe.” © REX/Shutterstock; Thinkstock
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