This is the first video that shows the elusive African gold cat (Profelisaurata) hunting red colobus monkeys at Kibale National Park, Uganda. The video footage was taken by Panthera, an international wild cat conservation organisation. It shows the cat hunting red colobus monkeys while its body and tail is 80 (31 (in) and 30 (12 (3_ in) respectively. Samuel Angedakin was the Kibale Project Manager for Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology’s Pan African Program. He had installed a trap camera to capture chimpanzees. Samuel Angedakin was working with the Uganda National Council for Science and Technology (Ngogo Chimpanzee Project) and the Uganda Wildlife Authority. African golden cat. Credit: Laila Bahaael-din. Image: Panthera. A camera was set up at the Kalinzu Forest Reserve, Kyoto University by Yasuko Takahiro. This captured footage of a sleeping golden cat in a tree. The footage shows monkeys interfering with the cat’s sleep until it falls down. Human activity is threatening the African golden cat. The African golden cats are found in West and Central Africa’s rainforests. The African golden cat is approximately the same size as a Bobcat but slightly smaller than a Lynx and can weigh between 5 and 16 Kilograms. Females weigh more than males. Few western scientists have been able to observe the mysterious feline. Nearly all of the records are made from photographs taken with remote camera traps or animals killed by local hunters. Panthera states that the African golden cat, which is endangered throughout its range, is being hunted for meat and to deforestation. Panthera is currently funding two Kaplan Scholars to conduct African golden cat research in Uganda and Gabon. Laila Bahaael-din (Pantera’s Kaplan Scholar) captured the first footage of a wild African Golden Cat in Gabon in 2011. The cameras were set up in a joint graduate research project with the University of Oxford’s Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, (WildCRU), and the University of KwaZulu-Natal. This research will examine how human activities such as hunting or logging affect the African golden cats. Video: African Golden Cat hunting Red Colobus Monkeys David Mills is a UKZN Graduate and Kaplan Scholar. The Kibale Forest is home to the African Golden Cat, which has been the top predator in the area since the disappearance of the leopard. A trap camera set up by Dr. Philipp Henschel (Panta’s Lion Program Coordinator), captured the first photo of an African golden cat in its natural habitat 2002. Also, he is credited for taking the first handheld photos of the animal in 2003.. Mills explained that it was an amazing glimpse into the fascinating world of this cat. Although we know a lot about golden cats now, we don’t know much about how they behave. The golden cat failed to take a fatal bite on the ambush and had to flee. This video shows a golden-colored cat ambushed by large monkeys.
