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Media Release: Karoo lion update
The last confirmed spoor of the missing Karoo lion was followed by rangers and trackers yesterday to about 42km north east of the town of Sutherland in the Northern Cape. This is also from where they continued their search this morning.
Reports were received yesterday of four sheep and two goats killed on a farm in the vicinity.
The Bidvest Protea Coin team which joined up with the search party on Friday to offer their assistance has put their infrared technology to work at night in an attempt to get closer to the animal. They have unfortunately not had any luck over the past three nights.
The Bidvest team consisted of a tracker who joined the team on the ground and also had an aerial component – one of only two helicopter in the country fitted with forward-looking infrared (FLIR), or thermal imaging infrared cameras, which allows the operator to pick up heat signatures on the ground over a radius of 10 kilometres when flying at night.
The search continues.
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South African National Parks (SANParks) Corporate Communications
Tel: 012 426 5170
For Media Enquiries:
Fayroush Ludick
SANParks Frontiers Region Communications Manager
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Reynold “Rey T” Thakhuli
SANParks GM: Media, PR & Stakeholder Relations
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