{"id":44291,"date":"2023-02-09T20:42:46","date_gmt":"2023-02-09T20:42:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/first-live-leopard-sighting-at-hilton-colleges-nature-reserve"},"modified":"2023-02-09T21:25:09","modified_gmt":"2023-02-09T21:25:09","slug":"first-live-leopard-sighting-at-hilton-colleges-nature-reserve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/first-live-leopard-sighting-at-hilton-colleges-nature-reserve","title":{"rendered":"First live leopard sighting at Hilton College’s nature reserve"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>A live sighting of a leopard – typically shy and elusive cats – occurred at Hilton College last week.<\/p>\n

The leopard was noticed by a Hilton College pupil, who was accompanied by his teacher, Carl Schmidt.<\/p>\n

The sighting was the first of its kind at the KwaZulu-Natal school’s nature reserve, says Angelique Arde\u0301, the school’s communications manager.<\/p>\n

According to Arde\u0301, leopards have inhabited the region for many years, however they are shy and solitary creatures within large territories.<\/p>\n

Leopards and leopard spoors have previously been noticed before and appeared on camera traps.<\/p>\n

The Hilton College Nature Reserve, which is on the school’s premises, was established in 2011 after the school decided to allocate 650 hectares for conservation to Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife to protect the rich biodiversity in the area, Arde\u0301 said.<\/p>\n

The nature reserve is also home to giraffes, zebras, warthogs, wildebeest and several species of buck.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About South-Africa<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – South-Africa. A live sighting of a leopard – typically shy and elusive cats – occurred at Hilton College last week. The leopard was noticed by a Hilton College pupil, who was accompanied by his teacher, Carl Schmidt. The sighting was the first of its kind at the KwaZulu-Natal school’s nature reserve, says Angelique […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":44290,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[274,315,585,4552,286,942,275],"class_list":["post-44291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-south-africa","tag-green","tag-hilton-college","tag-kwazulu-natal","tag-pietermaritzburg","tag-south-africa-2"],"yoast_head":"\nFirst live leopard sighting at Hilton College's nature reserve - South Africa<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A live sighting of a leopard - typically shy and elusive cats - occurred at Hilton College last week. The leopard was n ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/first-live-leopard-sighting-at-hilton-colleges-nature-reserve\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"First live leopard sighting at Hilton College's nature reserve\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A live sighting of a leopard - typically shy and elusive cats - occurred at Hilton College last week. The leopard was n ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/first-live-leopard-sighting-at-hilton-colleges-nature-reserve\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"South Africa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-02-09T20:42:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-02-09T21:25:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2023\/02\/postQueueImg_1675962781.57.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1620\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/first-live-leopard-sighting-at-hilton-colleges-nature-reserve#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/first-live-leopard-sighting-at-hilton-colleges-nature-reserve\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"First live leopard sighting at Hilton College’s nature reserve\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-02-09T20:42:46+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-02-09T21:25:09+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/first-live-leopard-sighting-at-hilton-colleges-nature-reserve\"},\"wordCount\":170,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/first-live-leopard-sighting-at-hilton-colleges-nature-reserve#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2023\/02\/postQueueImg_1675962781.57.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-South-Africa\",\"green\",\"hilton college\",\"kwazulu-natal\",\"pietermaritzburg\",\"South-Africa\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/first-live-leopard-sighting-at-hilton-colleges-nature-reserve#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/first-live-leopard-sighting-at-hilton-colleges-nature-reserve\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/first-live-leopard-sighting-at-hilton-colleges-nature-reserve\",\"name\":\"First live leopard sighting at Hilton College's nature reserve - South Africa\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/first-live-leopard-sighting-at-hilton-colleges-nature-reserve#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/first-live-leopard-sighting-at-hilton-colleges-nature-reserve#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2023\/02\/postQueueImg_1675962781.57.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-02-09T20:42:46+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-02-09T21:25:09+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"A live sighting of a leopard - typically shy and elusive cats - occurred at Hilton College last week. The leopard was n ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/first-live-leopard-sighting-at-hilton-colleges-nature-reserve#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/first-live-leopard-sighting-at-hilton-colleges-nature-reserve\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/first-live-leopard-sighting-at-hilton-colleges-nature-reserve#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2023\/02\/postQueueImg_1675962781.57.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2023\/02\/postQueueImg_1675962781.57.jpg\",\"width\":1620,\"height\":1080,\"caption\":\"First live leopard sighting at Hilton College's nature reserve\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/first-live-leopard-sighting-at-hilton-colleges-nature-reserve#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"First live leopard sighting at Hilton College’s nature reserve\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/\",\"name\":\"South Africa\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"First live leopard sighting at Hilton College's nature reserve - South Africa","description":"A live sighting of a leopard - typically shy and elusive cats - occurred at Hilton College last week. The leopard was n ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/first-live-leopard-sighting-at-hilton-colleges-nature-reserve","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"First live leopard sighting at Hilton College's nature reserve","og_description":"A live sighting of a leopard - typically shy and elusive cats - occurred at Hilton College last week. The leopard was n ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/first-live-leopard-sighting-at-hilton-colleges-nature-reserve","og_site_name":"South Africa","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2023-02-09T20:42:46+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-02-09T21:25:09+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1620,"height":1080,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2023\/02\/postQueueImg_1675962781.57.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/first-live-leopard-sighting-at-hilton-colleges-nature-reserve#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/first-live-leopard-sighting-at-hilton-colleges-nature-reserve"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"First live leopard sighting at Hilton College’s nature reserve","datePublished":"2023-02-09T20:42:46+00:00","dateModified":"2023-02-09T21:25:09+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/first-live-leopard-sighting-at-hilton-colleges-nature-reserve"},"wordCount":170,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/first-live-leopard-sighting-at-hilton-colleges-nature-reserve#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2023\/02\/postQueueImg_1675962781.57.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-South-Africa","green","hilton college","kwazulu-natal","pietermaritzburg","South-Africa"],"articleSection":["all news","community"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/first-live-leopard-sighting-at-hilton-colleges-nature-reserve#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/first-live-leopard-sighting-at-hilton-colleges-nature-reserve","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/first-live-leopard-sighting-at-hilton-colleges-nature-reserve","name":"First live leopard sighting at Hilton College's nature reserve - South Africa","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/first-live-leopard-sighting-at-hilton-colleges-nature-reserve#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/first-live-leopard-sighting-at-hilton-colleges-nature-reserve#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2023\/02\/postQueueImg_1675962781.57.jpg","datePublished":"2023-02-09T20:42:46+00:00","dateModified":"2023-02-09T21:25:09+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"A live sighting of a leopard - typically shy and elusive cats - occurred at Hilton College last week. The leopard was n ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/first-live-leopard-sighting-at-hilton-colleges-nature-reserve#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/first-live-leopard-sighting-at-hilton-colleges-nature-reserve"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/first-live-leopard-sighting-at-hilton-colleges-nature-reserve#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2023\/02\/postQueueImg_1675962781.57.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2023\/02\/postQueueImg_1675962781.57.jpg","width":1620,"height":1080,"caption":"First live leopard sighting at Hilton College's nature reserve"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/first-live-leopard-sighting-at-hilton-colleges-nature-reserve#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"First live leopard sighting at Hilton College’s nature reserve"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/","name":"South Africa","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44291"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44291\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}