The Miracle 5 Cheetah Diary Entry 2: Playing Wild
A new addition to the enclosure for the cubs was sourced by Kevin Richardson Foundation director and cheetah carer, Caroline – a dead tree for them to play on! Imagine going into your backyard as a kid and finding a jungle gym that had suddenly sprouted. That excitement and thrill certainly spans across species as […]
Welcome!
After we lost Zella to lion a few months ago, we now have a new leopard female. We have acquired a new leopard female, 2-3 years from North West Parks Board. She is currently in the predator boma as part of her habituation and to remove her homing instinct. We currently have Ziklas, and another […]
The Miracle 5 Cheetah Diary Entry 1: Survival and early days
After their mother did not return to her den, the survival of the cubs became a race against time. Cubs can only survive 24-48 hours without dehydrating and dying. Luckily, the Dinokeng Game Reserve anti-poaching team was quick to detect that the cheetah mother’s GPS satellite collar had stopped moving, and they immediately dispatched a […]
Lion Breakout – Media Release 10 June 2021
The Dinokeng Game Reserve has introduced a new male lion to the reserve on 3 June 2021, as part of our lion management. The DGR hosts free roaming lions – they have to fend for themselves – but still we have to implement formal lion management, as any smaller game reserve. Indeed, there are only […]
Lion Swap
As part of the DGR’s lion management strategy we are moving one of our male lions (the Northern pride male) to Kwandwe Private Game Reserve in the Eastern Cape, and getting a new male from them for genetic management reasons. The DGR has a wild managed lion population. We currently have a total of 22 […]
Biodiversity – City Nature Challenge 2021
The DGR is participating under City of Tshwane in the City Nature Challenge from 30 April – 4 May 2021 . This international Challenge is organised by Citizen Science teams at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County and the California Academy of Sciences. The purpose of the challenge is to get people back […]
Allomothering
“Allomatural infant care/handling, or non-maternal infant care/handling is alloparenting performed by any group member other than the mother or genetic father and thus is distinguished from parental care. It is a widespread phenomenon among mammals and birds.” Our cheetahs have been doing exceptionally well in terms of breeding. Currently, our Rietvlei female, and her daughter […]
Camera Traps & Conservation
Camera traps plays a cardinal role when it comes to monitoring wildlife. It becomes your eyes where your eyes cannot be. It makes it possible to observe animals with minimal to no disruption. They do not even know they are being filmed or photographed… Camera traps are a recognized scientific tool used for identification and […]
Cheetah Translocation – Amakhosi Safari Lodge
In May 2020 we received a 17 month old male cheetah from Amakhosi Safari Lodge in KZN as part of the EWT cheetah metapopulation programme. The arrangement was a swap transaction, they gave us a male and we will return a male to them when the animal was ready, in terms of age, to be […]
Predator Interaction – Mortality
Over the last couple of years we had so many positive news to share regarding our conservation efforts related to cheetahs. Especially our females were exceptionally successful raising large litters.Today we have to share sad news, we found our Gondwana male dead. On Saturday 13/02/2021 we checked up on the Gondwana cheetah male which showed […]
