Leopards of Yala - Female
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Welmalkema 4:4 Female (2017) [YF 32/Aria or Strawberry]
Welmalkema 4:4 female is a well-known leopard among the safari community, due to her coolness towards jeeps. This behavior is the polar opposite of her mother, the Welmalkema 4:3 female. In 2020, she was seen several times with the Kaluwara Bōkkuwa 2:3 around Welmalkema and adjacent areas.
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Welmalkema 4:3 Female (2009-2021) [YF 31/Anna]
This female is shy and infrequently seen. She is living around the areas of Welmalkema and Gōnagala – Jamburagala. She was first photographed in 2011, at the Gōnagala Ground. Then in May 2017, she was seen with a young female cub, the Welmal Kema 4:4 female. The cub was about two months old around when it was seen near Palugas Wala of Ūraniya area.
Female
Weli Wala 4:3 Female [YF 43/Christina]
Weli Wala 4:3 female was first photographed in February 2016, in the Katagamuwa Wildlife Sanctuary. Occasionally, she was seen close to the Katagamuwa Park Entrance, Katagamuwa Wewa, Weli Wala, Halmilla Wewa, and Korawak Wewa. In March 2019, she was seen close to the Katagamuwa Entrance with the adult Sithulpawwa 2:3 male. In early 2020, she was seen with a single male cub, Weli Wala 2:3 male, aka Aladdin.
Female
Neela 3:2 Female [YF 10/Becky]
Neela 3:2 female was first photographed in November 2013, at the Mahaseelawa Wewa. She was a female with a cataract on her left eye which made that eye appear blue. This bright blue coloration is the reason she was named Neela. (Neela means blue in Sinhalese). She was last seen at the end of 2014.
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Thelambu Kema 3:3 Female (2009) [YF 21/Macy]
Thelambu Kema 3:3 female was first photographed in February 2010, at the Jamburagala Road as a cub, aged at about 7/8 months.
In 2017, she had her first known litter of a male cub, known as the Thelambu Kema 3:4 male. In June 2019, she was seen with her new cub, the Thelambu Kema 2:2 female. She has been photographed around the areas of Kotigala, Mahaseelawa, Kudāseelawa, Thelambu Kema, and Jamburagala Road
Female
Tanki Gala 1:2 Female (2012/13) [YF 30/Mia]
Tanki Gala 1:2 female was born in late 2012 and first photographed in mid-2013, around Tanki Gala. Available photographic evidence is too infrequent to build up her family lineage. In August 2017, she was seen at Bōla Gala, mating with the Jamburagala 4:5 male, aka “Chandare”. After a long hiatus, she was seen again in June 2020, at Tanki Gala.
Female
Suduwelimulla 3:3 Female (2017) [YF 39/Aster]
Suduwelimulla 3:3 female was first photographed in January 2018, as a cub around the Suduwelimulla area. She is currently living in her mother’s initial territory, as her mother has ceded that territory to her. In late 2020, she was frequently seen in the company of the Pan Wala 2:2 around Yāla Junction and Suduwelimulla.
Female
Sathmaga 2:2 Female [YF 27/May]
Sathmaga 2:2 female is a female who is rarely seen. On 12th April 2018, she was photographed with some wounds in her nose and around her right rear leg. She was living elusively in a large territory.
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Rathmal Wala 4:4 Female (2014) [YF 02/Jennie]
Rathmal Wala 4:4 female is the sister of the famous Rathmal Wala 4:5 male (Harak Hora/Cattle Thief). Their mother is the legendary Siyambalagas Wala 3:3 female. Since 2017, she started to maintain a territory that was highly overlapping with her mother’s territory.
