Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Kruger Park bushpigs

On a recent trip to the fantastic Kruger National Park (Letaba/Phalaborwa) we looked hard and often to find any bushpigs but to no avail.

I know they are there, but it just drove home my point that even in a world famous National Park like the Kruger, bushpigs are hard to find.
We did however see some monster elephant tuskers,with the biggest going well over 100lbs a side.We also spotted some really big "duggaboy" buffalo's, a few going well over 40".There were also numerous reports of lion and leopard being spotted in the area.
We also saw other game including kudu, bushbuck, steenbok, waterbuck, warthog, impala, hippo, babboon and crocs.

But no bushpig.

This gave me even more food for thought on the bushpig and the pursuit of them as compared to the other more common and conspicuous species even in a wildlife paradise such as the Kruger.

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