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The leopard is the largest of Africa's spotted cats. A shy, predominately nocturnal animal, it presents few obvious opportunities for people to study it and, in its wild state, it is one of the least-known cats. This is the story of the success the rangers at Londolozi, an exclusive game farm in the Eastern Transvaal, since 1976, in getting close to these animals and it charts the lives of the leopards over a 12-year period.