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Nico, thank you for sharing that. What a sighting
When you see how well they blend into their surroundings, it is not suprising that they are so rarely seen.
I have never seen one in the Park.

W O W,

what a sighting and how well they are camouflaged in the brown grass but I do love their ears

Thanks a lot for sharing.

Lucky dog

Ditto Bert..I have only seen 1 in Kruger walking parallel to the main tar road 50 metres in just South of the Olifants River Bridge en route to Satara ...1991 Well Done Nico

One curious Caracal comes right in to have a look

5 seconds and Addo had one less Rednecked Francolin

Absolute beautiful Pic PB, would also be great to have this on video, especially the hunt.

And I thought Cheetahs were fast

The Caracals speed kill is legendary, you were so lucky to catch it!

Heres our Caracal. It's from the Kruger park near Satara. It sauntered past parallell to the road. Liz and JP our guide and cook on the bus/truck had never seen one before despite two years doing Kruger trips. Shortly afterwards a rhino ra n past.
Did I mention that we enjoyed ourselves!
/Neil
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2212/217 ... feea_o.jpg

I was driving this morning with my family on a fairly busy road between Bonnievale and Robertson in the Western Cape when we saw a juvenile caracal sitting alongside the road. I turned around and when i stop at the sight it went into the grass but we could see that it was dragging it back legs along.

I got out off the car and saw was lying it the grass not far from the road ,clearly injured and terrified. While I stayed there my wife gone back to my home and got a towel and cat basket.
It was easy to catch it , but what now. We tried for an hour to get hold off Cape Nature Conservation.

We ended up taking it to the SPCA in Worcester, but sadly the Vet decided to put it out, because of a broken back witch we think was caused by been hit by a car

A very sad story but you and your wife did the best you could do to help this poor victim of the road. Great job.

Ho ! poor caracal. Thanks for him

Henk - It was so gracious of you to stop and try to help . I am so sorry the little cat didn't make it. People should be more careful!

It's so horrible to see an animal suffer due to our encoaching development
I am sure it must have been very difficult for you all, but thank you for helping.

and a big moonie for the car that hit the animal and did not stop

Its a sad story of a Caracal suffering so here is one healthy and happy Caracal