解救 3 只圈養(yǎng)出生的雌獵豹，代號綠色、藍(lán)色和紅色

2017 年 9 月 20 日，三頭雌性獵豹（兩歲）被戴上項(xiàng)圈并運(yùn)送到西北省 Madikwe 禁獵區(qū)的博馬。 他們在博馬住了三個月，以熟悉新環(huán)境、安頓下來并適應(yīng)新的飲食。

Release of 3 captive born females, nicknamed Green, Blue and Red tag

Facilitated by EWT’s Vincent van der Merwe & monitored by Madikwe’s Craig Catton.

On 20 September 2017, three Cheetah females (two years old) were collared and transported to the Boma at Madikwe Game Reserve in North West Province. They were housed for three months in the Boma to familiarize themselves with a new environment, settle down and adjust to a new diet.

2017 年 12 月 13 日凌晨，這些女性接受了最后的健康檢查、調(diào)整衛(wèi)星項(xiàng)圈和注射補(bǔ)充劑。 第二天早上，他們從博馬被釋放到保護(hù)區(qū)。 不到一個小時后，占主導(dǎo)地位的雌性（藍(lán)色標(biāo)簽）殺死了一只成年雌性黑斑羚。In the early hours of 13 December 2017, these females received a final health check, adjustments on satellite collar and supplement injections. The next morning they were released from the Boma into the Reserve. Less than an hour later, the dominant female (Blue tag) killed an adult female Impala.

為了幫助維持這些雌性，同時它們獲得狩獵經(jīng)驗(yàn)，所有三只雌性都得到了補(bǔ)充喂養(yǎng)。To assist in sustaining these females, whilst they gain experience in hunting, supplementary feeding was given to all three females.

為了幫助養(yǎng)這些雌性，它們同時獲得成長經(jīng)驗(yàn)，所有三只雌性都得到了豐厚的回報(bào)。Four days later, it seemed as Red tag female went her solitary way.

2017 年 12 月 24 日，這兩只占優(yōu)勢的雌性殺死了一只年輕的角馬幼崽。On 24 December 2017, the two dominant females killed a young wildebeest calf.

顯然，所有三只雌性都很好地適應(yīng)了新環(huán)境。 Madikwe 的雄性獵豹給雌性帶來了困難，其中一只占主導(dǎo)地位的雌性在 2018 年 1 月腿部嚴(yán)重受傷，但恢復(fù)良好。Evidently all three females adjusted well to their new environment. The male Cheetahs at Madikwe were giving the females a hard time and one of the dominant females acquired a serious leg injury in January 2018, but recovered well.?

他們在獲釋后的前三個月幸存下來并成功狩獵。 不需要補(bǔ)充喂養(yǎng)，它們被認(rèn)為是自給自足的。They survived the first three months after their release and were hunting successfully. No supplementary feeding was required and they were considered self-sufficient.

剛出道不久就和另外兩人分道揚(yáng)鑣的靦腆紅標(biāo)女，原本表現(xiàn)非常出色。 在受到獵物動物的傷害后，她掙扎了一小段時間。 彼得考德威爾博士很好地修補(bǔ)了她，她似乎又成功地狩獵了。 之后，她受到了非常嚴(yán)密的監(jiān)視。The shy Red tag female, who broke away from the other two soon after release, originally performed very well. She then struggled for a short time after receiving an injury from a prey animal. Dr Peter Caldwell patched her up nicely and she appeared to be hunting successfully again. Afterwards she was very closely monitored.

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不幸的消息于 2018 年 11 月 29 日傳來，因?yàn)榫G色標(biāo)簽雌性因疑似貓卡利奇病毒感染而去世。 幾天前，她在保護(hù)區(qū)被發(fā)現(xiàn)狀況不佳。

2019年1月，藍(lán)標(biāo)女似乎狀態(tài)下降得太快了。 Gerhardus Scheepers 博士將她固定并安置在 Madikwe Boma。 她似乎恢復(fù)得很好，開始進(jìn)食，甚至殺死了一只磨砂野兔。 可悲的是，她于 2019 年 2 月 4 日上午被發(fā)現(xiàn)死在博馬的水槽旁。盡管馬迪奎爆發(fā)了狂犬病，但他們并不懷疑她死于狂犬病。

在 2019 年 7 月 5 日至 19 日期間，最后一只幸存的雌性紅標(biāo)簽在她分娩前不久被某種捕食者嚴(yán)重咬傷。 她右前腿的皮膚完全被袖子脫掉。 Gerhard Steenkamp 博士成功地修復(fù)了她。Sad news arrived on 29 November 2018 as the Green tag female had passed away from suspected Feline Calici virus infection. She was found in a bad condition on the Reserve a few days ago.

In January 2019, Blue tag female seemed to be losing condition too quickly. She was immobilised and housed in the Madikwe Boma by Dr Gerhardus Scheepers. She seemed to be recovering well, started eating and even killed a Scrub Hare. Sadly she was found dead next to the water trough in the Boma in the morning of 4 February 2019. Although there has been a Rabies outbreak in Madikwe, they did not suspect that she succumbed to Rabies.

During the period of 5 to 19 July 2019, the last surviving female, Red tag, was badly mauled by some kind of predator shortly before she gave birth. The skin on her front right leg was completely sleeved off. Dr Gerhard Steenkamp had fixed her up successfully.

Red Tag女性在她恢復(fù)醫(yī)療后再次成功狩獵。 她的腿傷被看到完美愈合。

我們懷疑她在事件發(fā)生后不久就生下了孩子，但遺憾的是有人看到她在吃她的幼崽。

這可能是因?yàn)樗谌焉锿砥诮?jīng)歷了巨大的壓力，這是由于與捕食者戰(zhàn)斗一直到手術(shù)鎮(zhèn)靜引起的。Red Tag female was seen hunting successfully again after the medical care she reveived. Her leg wound was seen healing perfectly.

We suspected she gave birth shortly after the incident, but sadly was seen eating her cubs.

This could possibly be explained by the high amount of stress, she went through in her third trimester, caused by fighting with the predator all the way to being sedated for surgery.

一般來說，獵豹從尸體的背面開始進(jìn)食，首先吃柔軟和最有營養(yǎng)的部分。 被釋放后，藍(lán)色和綠色標(biāo)簽雌性開始按照獵豹通常的行為從尸體的背面進(jìn)食。 另一方面，紅色標(biāo)簽雌性開始從肩部區(qū)域進(jìn)食。 回顧他們在 Boma 的時光，這兩只占優(yōu)勢的雌性不會給 Red tag 從后肢進(jìn)食的空間，這導(dǎo)致她首先學(xué)會從肩部區(qū)域進(jìn)食。 她對捕獲的每一個獵物都保持這種有趣的行為。

2020 年 2 月下旬，克雷格聯(lián)系我們，帶來了非常振奮人心的消息，即紅標(biāo)簽雌性第二次分娩。 從遠(yuǎn)處觀察到四只美麗健康的幼崽。

下面是這段時間的巢穴概覽。Cheetahs, in general, start feeding from the back of a carcass, eating the soft and most nutritious parts first. When released, Blue and Green tag females started eating from the back of the carcass as per usual Cheetah behaviour. Red tag female, on the other hand, started feeding from the shoulder area. Looking back to their time in the Boma, the two dominant females would not give space to Red tag to feed from the hind quarters, which resulted in her learning to eat from the shoulder area first. She kept up this interesting behaviour with every prey she caught.

At the end of February 2020, Craig contacted us with very exciting news that Red tag female gave birth for the second time. From far, four beautiful, healthy cubs were observed.

Below an overview of the?den site during this time.

Interesting fact:

3 月 7 日之后，紅標(biāo)簽雌性在同一地區(qū)出現(xiàn)了 5 天，但沒有幼崽的蹤跡。她離開了目前所在的區(qū)域，搬到了東北部，根本沒有回到巢穴。她看起來很健康，但自 3 月 8 日以來就再也沒有見過幼崽。

她出生的地區(qū)有非常密集的大象和水牛種群。巢穴顯示受損植被和大象足跡的活動，但從未發(fā)現(xiàn)幼崽的尸體。不幸的是，我們永遠(yuǎn)不會知道那天紅標(biāo)簽雌性和她的幼崽究竟發(fā)生了什么。

2020 年 7 月 19 日上午，我們收到了令人心碎的消息，即發(fā)現(xiàn) Red tag 女性死亡。驗(yàn)尸研究表明，她的右前腿骨折。這次受傷加上那段時間的寒冷天氣，可能導(dǎo)致她去世。

在 Madikwe 禁獵區(qū)自由漫游的 30 個月期間，Red tag 雌性自給自足，兩次懷孕并生下一窩美麗健康的幼崽。

紅牌女

“她的精神感動了我們所有人?！?– Craig Catton，Madikwe 禁獵區(qū)。After the 7th of March, Red tag female, was seen around the same area for 5 days, but no sign of the cubs. She left her current region, moved North-East and didn’t return to the den block at all. She looked in great health but the cubs had not been seen again since the 8th of March.

The area, where she gave birth, had a very dense Elephant and Buffalo population. The den site showed activity of damaged vegetation and Elephant tracks but the cub’s carcasses were never found. Unfortunately, we will never know what exactly had happened to Red tag female and her cubs that day.

On the morning of 19 July 2020 we received the heart-breaking news that Red tag female was found dead. Post mortem research showed that she had a fractured right front leg. This injury combined with the cold weather during that period, could have caused her passing away.

During her free roaming chapter of 30 months at Madikwe Game Reserve, Red tag female was self-sufficient, fell pregnant twice and gave birth to a litter of beautiful healthy cubs.

Red Tag female

“Her spirit touched us all.” – Craig Catton, Madikwe Game Reserve.