Project Inception

This is inception of the Kamonande Leopard Project.
The complete project is documented in the Project Charter that can be accessed here.

Why did we name it the 'Kamonande Leopard Project'?

1. Leopards are the only member of the Big 5 that still naturally occur outside national parks and dedicated game reserves.
2. Leopards are at the top of the food chain and they are highly respected and admired by the majority of people.
3. Ingwe, means leopard, and the Ingwe Leopard Project is the sponsor of the Kamonande project. They also provides the resources and the manpower to conduct the research.
4. From time to time there are leopards at Kamonande, but only a few people were lucky to spot them and many others noticed leopard tracks in the past at various locations.

How can every shareholder contributes to the research project?
Every-one that visit Kamonande and spot any predator during the next year, is asked to do the following:

• Identify the predator, and if possible the gender of the animal,
• If record the location where it was spotted on a GPS or look for natural landmarks on order for us to accurately identify the location,
• If possible, please photograph the animal, as many photos as possible from as many angles as possible, without stressing the animal or getting yourself into danger, obviously.
• Look for other members of the species, mates, cubs, etc.
• The date and time of sighting is also important for the research data to be accurate.

Please e-mail all this information to me as soon as possible, and I will pass the information on to the research team for inclusion.

Please invite your children and friends to follow the research project and learn from the experts. This is golden opportunity for you and them to exposed to the science side of nature. Who knows, it might just inspire some of the younger generation to pursue a career in the natural science.