For Cape Leopard Trust to review
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- Is this description of the Cape Leopard Trust’s work correct? What would you like to change?
- Has the Trust surveyed, or does it plan to survey, the Riviersonderend mountains above the valley?
- Should readers reach you through the moderators, or through a public contact?
The Cape Leopard Trust is a conservation organisation that monitors leopards, runs a citizen-science portal for landowners, and teaches in schools [MS]. From May to September 2025 it surveyed the Boland mountains, west of the valley, and identified 38 leopards [MS]. That survey ran from Bainskloof to the Kogelberg coast and did not cover the valley’s own mountains [MS].
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At a glance
| Kind | Non-profit |
| Based in | Not yet known |
| Website | capeleopard.org.za |
| Role | Leopard research and education [MS] |
| Link to the valley | Indirect. It studies leopards in the mountains next to the valley’s |
| Contact with the Forum | Not approached |
What it does
The 2025 Boland survey covered about 2,500 square kilometres with 90 pairs of camera traps, and recorded leopards at 72% of the stations [MS]. It was the Trust’s third large Boland survey, after 2010 to 2012 and 2020 [MS]. During it, the Trust gave 42 lessons at seven schools to more than 1,800 learners [MS].
How its work reaches the valley
- The valley’s mountains. Leopard has been recorded on trail cameras at Wild Restoration’s clearing sites in the Riviersonderend mountains [MS], but no survey like the Boland one has covered them.
- Corridors. To the south, the Trust, the Endangered Wildlife Trust, and the Grootbos Foundation are building the Agulhas Green Corridor [MS].
Where it touches this site
- The Overberg Leopard Corridor and Ridge to River to Table, ideas not yet agreed, which draw on the Trust’s survey and suggest asking it to help survey the valley’s mountains. The Trust has not been asked.
What is still open
- Whether the Trust has surveyed, or plans to survey, the mountains above the valley.
Have your say
If you know more about Cape Leopard Trust’s work in the valley, contact the moderators via How to Submit.
Related
References
- Cape Leopard Trust. Back to the Boland: spotting leopards and highlighting biodiversity (22 November 2025). The 2025 survey.
- Bolander Lifestyle. Leopards thriving in the Boland mountains, new survey shows (3 December 2025). Survey area, stations, earlier surveys, and lessons.
- Cape Leopard Trust. The Tale of Two Leopards in the Overberg. The Agulhas Green Corridor and its partners.