2008-07-01 Masai Mara

An unexpected and most welcome encounter today. Along the Olare Orok River, in a place where she had never been seen, an old friend showed up. Bella, the female leopard that I have seen regularly since 2003, and star of the BBC’s Big Cat Week documentary. She is an old leopard by now, probably more than twelve years old. She is rather thin and slow-moving but still looking beautiful!