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Okt 08
2011
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Cheetahs second day in the conservancyPosted by: ranger in MBT - Conservancy Diary on Okt 8, 2011 Tagged in: Bushtops Daily Game Reports
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Head Scout’s daily report
Reporting date: 08.10.2011
This morning the scouts reported that there were 4 cheetahs in the conservancy. They were hunting. They looked really hungry. They had to make a kill to survive, otherwise they would die of starvation since their mother was no longer around to fend for them. In the Afternoon during a game drive in the conservancy, Peter and his guests reported that they had sighted the 4 cheetahs on a kill. They had killed a male impala and had eaten most of it. They engorged themselves and spent most of the afternoon lying down, digesting their well deserved meal. They will survive another day. They have inherited the kiiling insticts from their mother. If their mother was around, she would be so proud. Her cubs have finally come of age. Cubs leave their mother between thirteen and twenty months after birth. The first eighteen months of a cub's life are important; cubs must learn many lessons, because survival depends on knowing how to hunt wild prey species and avoid other predators. At eighteen months, the mother leaves the cubs, who then form a siblings group that will stay together for another six months. At about two years, the female siblings leave the group, and the young males remain together for life.
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Scouts on Duty (Patrol) |
Chemichemi |
Main Gate/Barrier |
Off Duty |
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Daniel, Shuel, Lenkiroro, Tompoi, Salau, Siito |
Benson |
Yenko |
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Patrol route |
Bravo 1: Oriatu, Oloirien, Kirok Loirien, Chemchem, Safaricom, Olmaratina, Oyerata, BT, Oloropa
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Bravo 2: Sundowner, Oloropa, Ntulele, Saltlick, Olgenchemi, BT, Oriatu, Kirok Loirien.
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Livestock Movement in the Conservancy |
No livestock intrusion |
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Condition of wild animals |
- |
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Condition of cattle |
Good |
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Condition of vegetation |
Good |
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Weather condition |
Sunny and hot |
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Water Supply |
Half of the normal supply |
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Animals sighted |
No. of animals seen |
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African Civet Civettictis civetta |
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African Elephant Loxodonta africana |
17 |
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African Wild Cat Felis lybica |
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Banded mongoose Mungos mungo |
23 |
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Bat-eared Fox Otocyon megalotis |
4 |
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Black Rhinoceros Diceros bicornis |
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Buchell’s Zebra Equus burchellii |
145 |
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Bushbuck Tragelaphus scriptus |
6 |
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Cape Buffalo Syncerus caffer |
5 |
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Cape hare Lepus capensis |
5 |
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Caracal Felis caracal |
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Cheetah Acinonyx jubatus |
4 |
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Coke’s Hartebeest Alcelaphus buselaphus |
8 |
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Common (Golden) Jackal |
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Dwarf Mongoose Helogale parvula |
27 |
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Eland Taurotragus oryx |
14 |
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Grant’s Gazelle Gazella granti |
6 |
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Hedgehog Atelerix albiventris |
2 |
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Honey Badger (Ratel) Mellivora capensis |
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Impala Aepyceros melampus |
750 |
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Kirk’s Dik Dik Madoqua kirkii |
28 |
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Klipspringer Oreotragus oreotragus |
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Large-spotted Genet Genetta tigrina |
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Leopard Panthera padus |
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Lesser Bushbaby Galago moholi |
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Lesser Kudu Tragelaphus imberbis |
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Lion Panthera leo |
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Maasai Giraffe Giraffa camelopardalis |
14 |
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Olive Baboon Papio anubis |
38 |
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Porcupine Hystrix cristata |
2 |
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Rock Hyrax (Dassie) Heterohyrax brucei |
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Serval Felis serval |
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Side-striped Jackal Canis adustus |
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Silver-backed Jackal Canis mesomelas |
4 |
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Slender Mongoose Galerella sanguinea |
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Small-spotted Genet Genetta genetta |
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Spotted Hyena Crocuta crocuta |
2 |
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Striped Hyena Hyena hyena |
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Topi Damaliscus korrigum |
26 |
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Thompson’s Gazelle Gazella thomsoni |
72 |
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Warthog Phacochoerus eathiopicus |
12 |
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White-tailed Mongoose Ichneumia albicauda |
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Wildebeest Connochaetes taurinus |
249 |
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