解救 3 只圈养出生的雌猎豹，代号绿色、蓝色和红色

2017 年 9 月 20 日，三头雌性猎豹（两岁）被戴上项圈并运送到西北省 Madikwe 禁猎区的博马。 他们在博马住了三个月，以熟悉新环境、安顿下来并适应新的饮食。

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，这些女性接受了最后的健康检查、调整卫星项圈和注射补充剂。 第二天早上，他们从博马被释放到保护区。 不到一个小时后，占主导地位的雌性（蓝色标签）杀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.

为了帮助维持这些雌性，同时它们获得狩猎经验，所有三只雌性都得到了补充喂养。To assist in sustaining these females, whilst they gain experience in hunting, supplementary feeding was given to all three females.

为了帮助养这些雌性，它们同时获得成长经验，所有三只雌性都得到了丰厚的回报。Four days later, it seemed as Red tag female went her solitary way.

2017 年 12 月 24 日，这两只占优势的雌性杀死了一只年轻的角马幼崽。On 24 December 2017, the two dominant females killed a young wildebeest calf.

显然，所有三只雌性都很好地适应了新环境。 Madikwe 的雄性猎豹给雌性带来了困难，其中一只占主导地位的雌性在 2018 年 1 月腿部严重受伤，但恢复良好。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. 

他们在获释后的前三个月幸存下来并成功狩猎。 不需要补充喂养，它们被认为是自给自足的。They survived the first three months after their release and were hunting successfully. No supplementary feeding was required and they were considered self-sufficient.

刚出道不久就和另外两人分道扬镳的腼腆红标女，原本表现非常出色。 在受到猎物动物的伤害后，她挣扎了一小段时间。 彼得考德威尔博士很好地修补了她，她似乎又成功地狩猎了。 之后，她受到了非常严密的监视。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.

 

不幸的消息于 2018 年 11 月 29 日传来，因为绿色标签雌性因疑似猫卡利奇病毒感染而去世。 几天前，她在保护区被发现状况不佳。

2019年1月，蓝标女似乎状态下降得太快了。 Gerhardus Scheepers 博士将她固定并安置在 Madikwe Boma。 她似乎恢复得很好，开始进食，甚至杀死了一只磨砂野兔。 可悲的是，她于 2019 年 2 月 4 日上午被发现死在博马的水槽旁。尽管马迪奎爆发了狂犬病，但他们并不怀疑她死于狂犬病。

在 2019 年 7 月 5 日至 19 日期间，最后一只幸存的雌性红标签在她分娩前不久被某种捕食者严重咬伤。 她右前腿的皮肤完全被袖子脱掉。 Gerhard Steenkamp 博士成功地修复了她。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女性在她恢复医疗后再次成功狩猎。 她的腿伤被看到完美愈合。

我们怀疑她在事件发生后不久就生下了孩子，但遗憾的是有人看到她在吃她的幼崽。

这可能是因为她在妊娠晚期经历了巨大的压力，这是由于与捕食者战斗一直到手术镇静引起的。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.

一般来说，猎豹从尸体的背面开始进食，首先吃柔软和最有营养的部分。 被释放后，蓝色和绿色标签雌性开始按照猎豹通常的行为从尸体的背面进食。 另一方面，红色标签雌性开始从肩部区域进食。 回顾他们在 Boma 的时光，这两只占优势的雌性不会给 Red tag 从后肢进食的空间，这导致她首先学会从肩部区域进食。 她对捕获的每一个猎物都保持这种有趣的行为。

2020 年 2 月下旬，克雷格联系我们，带来了非常振奋人心的消息，即红标签雌性第二次分娩。 从远处观察到四只美丽健康的幼崽。

下面是这段时间的巢穴概览。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，红标签雌性在同一地区出现了 5 天，但没有幼崽的踪迹。她离开了目前所在的区域，搬到了东北部，根本没有回到巢穴。她看起来很健康，但自 3 月 8 日以来就再也没有见过幼崽。

她出生的地区有非常密集的大象和水牛种群。巢穴显示受损植被和大象足迹的活动，但从未发现幼崽的尸体。不幸的是，我们永远不会知道那天红标签雌性和她的幼崽究竟发生了什么。

2020 年 7 月 19 日上午，我们收到了令人心碎的消息，即发现 Red tag 女性死亡。验尸研究表明，她的右前腿骨折。这次受伤加上那段时间的寒冷天气，可能导致她去世。

在 Madikwe 禁猎区自由漫游的 30 个月期间，Red tag 雌性自给自足，两次怀孕并生下一窝美丽健康的幼崽。

红牌女

“她的精神感动了我们所有人。” – Craig Catton，Madikwe 禁猎区。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.