Welcome to the INGWE Leopard project web pages.

Home of the Black Leopard

Welcome

We are the Ingwe Leopard Project Team, we would like to invite you to become involved and be part of the history of Leopard Conservation. Spread the word and raise awareness about Leopard Conservation in South Africa. Please visit our Project Needs page to view your personal invitation.

Become part of our SOCIAL NETWORK where you can join our global family, watch video clips of our work and share your leopard stories and photographs with members around the world. Get regular updates on our work from the INGWE BLOG

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We use innovative technology to conduct leopard and wild-life research. We believe that it is in our hands to ensure the tomorrow of the leopards.

Enjoy your tour through our virtual tree, if you would like to see more of leopards please feel free to contact us! You can email us at: ingweleopard@gmail.com

Meet the Team

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1. Camera Traps

We bring wildlife to the world. Our main prey are leopards, but we also capture other wildlife animals, so far we have managed to collect altogether 45 mammal species of which 21 were predator species. The most amazing of it all was that we managed to collect ID’s on 18 different leopards. We have managed to dispel the myth that game ranches are only good for conservation and cattle ranches only bad. We actually managed to collect a much wider variety and wealth of species on the cattle ranches than most of the game ranches. We have also managed to prove that the leopard plays a very important part in the regulation of other predators in a system.

2. GPS Collars/VHF Tracking

We fit study leopards with a GSM (GPS/Cell) collar which will allow the Ingwe Leopard Project (ILP) to follow their movements and collect the data while looking at the conflict issues between livestock and leopards. A leopard with a GSM collar:


Gerrie Camacho receives two phone calls daily from the collar, reporting on the leopard whereabouts. Dads that is one way of tracking the kids?




Leopard Ecological Assessment Programme

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