I hate to be a "downer," but some of us recently received the information below from Warren of King's Camp. It's pretty upsetting as we just saw this Leopard last month. In fact, I was told this is the leopard that was sitting in the road when a couple of our group was looking for a "bathroom" during a sundowner, and we were immediately told to get in the jeeps. Don't misunderstand, at that time he was not threatening anyone.

I guess it's difficult for we non-professionals to understand how trained guides get in these types of situations.

Eugene

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It is with great sadness that i bring you the news of the death of our beloved Maganjane male leopard.

Mangajan was shot and killed by a field guide from a neighbour lodge early last Monday morning, the 11th May. The field guide was out in the bush on foot when Maganjan without warning charged out at him. The guide fired a warning shot intially to try and deter the anmimal from attacking. However, the leopard kept coming at him and showed serious intent to follow through with the attack. The guide in a split second took the descision to shoot the animal in self defence. From the investigation it is believed that the leopard was shot at a distance of two meters from the guide.

As you can imagine, we are all deeply shocked and saddened by his loss. In his memory, please feel free to add your pictures of him onto the blog or you can join the facebook group "In memory of Mangajan" where there are already over 80 members.

Regards
Warren

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