Black leopards are different because of a recessive genetic variation known as “melanism”.
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Zoology, University of Venda, Researcher at IGDORE, and Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Anthropology, Durham University
A high number of carnivores have been discovered at a huge industrial site in Mpumalanga, South Africa.
Instead of causing problems for farmers, carnivores could actually be beneficial by controlling rodent pests.
The land reform programme in Zimbabwe has come at the cost of wildlife and opens up the debate on people versus nature. But there is a way forward.
Sound wildlife management is incredibly important, and could enhance the conservation status of large carnivores like the leopard, which has recently been listed as a vulnerable species.
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