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Cheetah cubs born at Mombo

For some years now the environment at Mombo has been dominated by lion, with 4 large prides making their home at the northern tip of Chief's Island and ensuring a low population of smaller, more specialised carnivores such as wild dog and cheetah. The demise of the Steroid Boys, the well known male cheetah coalition, more than a year ago effectively put a dent in cheetah viewing at Mombo and only 2 or 3 individuals were known to sporadically use the area thereafter ... the high prey density proving more attractive than the risk of the lion prides.This situation has remained unchanged over the past year but recently we were extremely excited by the three young cubs seen accompanying the most often seen female cheetah. The cubs are still tiny as can be seen in the photos and are estimated at approximately 3-4 weeks of age.

This cheetah family currently seem to be hanging around the Goss Plains, 92 Dog Den and Serondedela Open Areas. The mother of these cute honey badger-like cubs is very relaxed and is clearly at home in the area. We are suspect that the only cheetah male known to us in the area is the probable father. This is the brother of the male which died a heroic death, taking down an impala in the Suzi's Duck Pond area.We are all hugely excited and just hope we all going to witness the growth of these cubs to triple our local population