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Re: Caracal
Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2017 7:56 am
by Bushcraft
Re: Caracal
Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2017 8:41 am
by PJL
Richprins wrote:
What is the size range there, Peej?
I'm not totally sure. Adults aren't as big as captive ones that I have seen. Strangely this one was much larger in real life than the photos suggest.
Re: Caracal
Posted: Sat Jun 10, 2017 2:38 pm
by Mel
Hope your luck continues! Beautiful animal
Caracal Makes Itself At Home
Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2017 10:48 am
by PJL
An unexpected visitor, in the form of a striking caracal, also known as a “rooikat” or “lynx”, was found sitting pretty on the kitchen cupboards of a Durbanvillle family home last week.
Cape of Good Hope SPCA spokesperson Belinda Abraham said a trainee wildlife inspector, Rico Pentz, was dispatched around midday last Thursday to the home.
He found the caracal hiding on top of the kitchen cupboard, behind a ceramic chicken.
“He was not at all happy about the predicament he found himself in and the rescue took place amidst much hissing and spitting.
“Our trainee inspector is fortunately very experienced in handling wildlife and was able to quickly capture the caracal,” Abraham said.
“Once safely inside a wild animal carrier, the caracal was brought back to our Wildlife Centre where it was cared for overnight.
Once we were sure that he had suffered no ill effects from his traumatic experience the day before, the caracal was released into the Tygerberg Nature Reserve.”
Full article here:
https://www.iol.co.za/capetimes/news/ca ... e-11383209
Re: Caracal Makes Itself At Home
Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2017 2:20 pm
by Flutterby
Imagine finding that kitty in your kitchen!
Re: Caracal Makes Itself At Home
Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2017 5:23 pm
by Mel
Seems like a good idea, Flutts
Re: Caracal Makes Itself At Home
Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2017 5:32 pm
by Richprins
Caught trying to catch a chicken!
Re: Caracal Makes Itself At Home
Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2017 9:23 pm
by nan
Re: Caracal Makes Itself At Home
Posted: Sat Sep 30, 2017 12:15 pm
by Lisbeth
Poor kitty
I wonder what kind of smell has attracted the cat
Or as they say: Curiosity killed the cat
Re: Caracal
Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2018 1:40 pm
by Richprins
15 January, 08:45 AM
On Sunday morning, two para-gliders went up Lion's Head for an early morning flight and were greeted by a rare sighting of a caracal.
"When we arrived at the launch at 6h30, Iain spotted the Caracal in the bushes, feeding on something," Louis Stanford told News24.
"It disappeared for a few minutes, then suddenly reappeared on the mat, unperturbed by our presence. It stayed near us for about 10 minutes, before heading down the mountain towards Clifton."
Sightings of this elusive cat have been reported in urban areas around the Cape Peninsula, and are being monitored by the Urban Caracal Project.
https://youtu.be/2TllEoIinA8
https://www.news24.com/Video/SouthAfric ... d-20180115
