AT ONE time, before Namibia became independent, a couple of American friends and I owned a game ranch near the village of Maltahöhe in southern South West Africa. It was just on the edge of the escarpment leading down to the Namib Desert and had high mountains on and around it, with magnificent scenery. There were large numbers of gemsbuck, springbuck and some kudu on the property and my clients took a few excellent trophy gemsbuck bulls there – nothing under 40 inches!
We also ran some Dorper sheep to have a welcome change from game meat. A few leopards lived in the area and one particularly large and crafty tom was partial to my sheep. He seldom killed one at a time – he would kill a number of them and only partly eat one. This was
