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In the Ranger's Diary we tend to concentrate on the "Big Five" or rather the "Big Seven" since these are the most popular animals. The "Big Seven" includes lion, leopard, elephant, rhino, buffalo, cheetah and wild dog. The term "Big Five" (the first five animals listed) was historically used to denote the five most dangerous animals to hunt in Africa. Fortunately the term is now used to describe the most popular animals.
 

19 September
AM
The female Leopard, Karula, was still in the same place at the Braai site.
A breeding herd of Buffalo were drinking at Three in a Row Pan.
At Zoë's Road four Elephant bulls were feeding.

PM
The female Leopard, Karula, was still at the Bush Braai site at Vuyatela, she was now feeding.
A Rhino bull, half an ear, was feeding at the Buffelshoek Airstrip.

20 September
AM
Whitecloth and her cub, two Leopards, were feeding at Torchwood Firebreak.
Two Leopards, a female and a Jordaan's male, were feeding on a kill at the Bush Braai site.

PM
Whitecloth and her cub were feeding at Impala kill Torchwood.
At Three in a Row Pan a breeding herd of Buffalo were drinking.

21 September
AM
Whitecloth and her cub were still on Kill Torchwood.

PM
At Gowrie Dam two Leopards were fighting, a Beacon female and another female.

22 September
AM
At Cheetah Plains there were six Buffalo bulls feeding as well as two Elephant bulls. Also on Cheetah Plain there was a female Ostrich and three Reedbucks, one male, one female, and one juvenile.

PM
A rhino bull was at Torchwood.
One Serval was on the Fig Tree on Djuma hunting mice.

23 September
AM
At Bushbuck Dam the Buffelshoek Pride, four Lions, were scent marking and moving West.
At twin Dam the Styx Pride, six Lions and a cub were laying down.
A female Leopard, Karula, was moving east from Triple 'M'.
There were four Elephant bulls feeding at the Vrystaat clearing.

PM
A breeding herd of Buffalo were feeding at Three in a Row Pans. A breeding herd of Elephants were also spotted here.
The Styx Pride, six female Lions and a cub, were still at Twin Dams but eventually started to move south.
Two Rhinos, a female and her calf, were seen on Impala Plains moving north.

24 September
AM
A breeding herd of Buffalo were moving east into Kruger Park from Buffalo Dam.
At the Hyena Den on Gowrie, three female Hyenas and three cubs were seen. The mothers were feeding the cubs.

PM
One female Leopard, Whitecloth, was hunting at Kudu Road where she also killed a Shelly's Franklin.
One female Lion at Kuku corner was feeding on a Zebra foal.
Also at Kudu corner was a breeding herd of Buffalo drinking from the dam.

25 September
AM
Two Leopards, Whitecloth and her cub, were at Kudu corner feeding on a Duiker kill.
Four Lions from the Buffelshoek Pride were sleeping close to the riverbed at Python Road.
At Tree House Dam there was one Buffalo bull feeding.
At the Lion Pan Open Area one Rhino bull was feeding and scent marking.
Six Elephants bulls were seen feeding at Hippo Pools Road.

PM
Whitecloth and her cub were still at Kuku corner feeding on the Duiker.
Three Lions, Styx females, were hunting waterbuck at Gowrie Main Road.
Two female adult Hyenas were at the Den in Gowrie.

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