Leopards (Panthera pardus) are elusive big cats admired for their beauty yet feared for their cunning hunting abilities. As the smallest of the “Big 5” African game animals, they lack the formidable size of lions or elephants. However, leopards are dangerous predators not to be underestimated. When wounded, they are likely to turn and charge […]
In today’s polarized media climate, few forms of hunting are more maligned—or misunderstood—than hound hunting. Activist organizations have made it a high-profile target, leveraging emotional appeals and selective videos to shape a narrative that paints houndsmen as reckless, barbaric, and unnecessary. Yet, this couldn’t be further from the truth. What they ignore—intentionally or otherwise—is that […]
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How a 48,000-year-old lion hunt proves our ancient bond with predators—and why it still matters today.
It must be a strange feeling to hear a hunter’s horn in the African bush. So different, so distant from the picture we usually associate with the sound—forests of old Europe, a royal stag, a cavalcade of noblemen, joyful baying of the hounds held by huntsmen in bright matching uniforms. And indeed, that day in Zimbabwe the […]