So far no leopards yet, but our hopes are still high!

Our first round of intensive camera-trapping is finished. No leopards found yet, but we managed to capture a few other amazing animals in the area.

A caracal captured by one of our camera's

So far, no leopard were caught in our cameras. That does not mean that there are no leopards in that region - but that (if they indeed still persist there) we were not lucky thus far to catch one of them on camera. We did however manage to make a census of the striped hyena population of the region (including a photo identification index for that population)!

We also gathered a lot of interesting footage of different species that inhabit the area, such as: the Arabian wolf (Canis lupus arabs), Arabian red fox (Vulpes vulpes arabica), Blanford’s fox (Vulpes cana), caracal (Caracal caracal) which you can see in the picture above, Nubian ibex (Capra nubiana), Persian onager (Equus hemionus onager), Arabian camel (Camelus dromedarius), and rock hyrax (Procavia capensis). Recorded (bird) species included: griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus), Bonneli's eagle (Hieraaetus fasciatus), common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus), strioleted bunting (Emberiza striolata), desert lark (Ammomanes deserti), mourning wheatear (Oenanthe lugens), white-crowned wheatear (Oenanthe leucopyga), blackstart (Cercomela melanura), great grey shrike (Lanius excubitor), sand partridge (Ammoperdix heyi), Chukar partridge (Alectoris chukar), fan-tailed raven (Corvus rhipidurus), and brown-necked raven (Corvus ruficollis).  

Our efforts on finding the leopards continue, although under a different format. Our cameras are still in the field searching for any sign of this elusive cat. Fingers crossed, with time and patience we will eventually find evidence that this magnificent animal still persists in that region. We will keep you updated with any news that may come. Follow us on Facebook to see the latest updates on this project and to have a look at some of the animals we managed to capture on our camera's!