South Africa 
South Africa: Tenikwa Center for “Lesser Cats”(2)
February 5, 2010
Do you, like most people who speak Spanish, think that “caracal” is a misspelling for “caracol” (snail)? Well, it isn’t. A caracal is one of the endangered wild cats of South Africa, about the size of a cocker spaniel dog, with beautiful face markings and big, dark ears, very shy and, unfortunately, fast becoming rarer [...]
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South Africa: Addo National Elephant Park
It is 5:15 a.m. when I get in my little grey Micra Nissan rental car. The pre-dawn sky is laced with clouds showing just a pale tinge of pink around the edges. The weather forecast said it will be 32 degrees today. I set off on the dusty dirt track from my guest house, direction [...]