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Selinda Camp News, July 2008
Selinda Camp Team
Game sightings in July have been outstanding with plenty of elephant, giraffe, lion, cheetah, wild dog and leopard. As far as lions are concerned, a new pride moved into the area during the last six weeks and the Selinda Pride has moved further east into the Savuti area. A cheetah was also seen with her four-month-old cub. She had killed an impala but a spotted hyaena then came and stole it.
The same cheetah was also spotted by the guides on a morning drive - stalking impala that were grazing in an open area near camp. According to the guests and their guide, this mother cheetah used the tree line and long grass to get herself close enough without being detected. She then came out at full speed towards a male impala, which did not even see her approaching. The cheetah was successful and our guests saw the whole saga from start to finish. What made it even more special was seeing the young cheetah running beside its mother at the same pace!
Two wild dogs took down a male impala near the boat station just before sunset, but a spotted hyaena came in and took the kill. The following day, the same dogs killed another male impala in front of Tent 1 and Selinda Camp staff watched them from the main deck as well as from Tent 1. When the guests returned from the afternoon drive they found them sitting in the grass between Tent 1 and 2. One of the guests commented, "This is a splendid wild Africa experience for each and every one of us." *photo courtesy of Michael Poliza
