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Thought you guys might enjoy these. These are actually old postcards.

Belgian Congo


Belgian Congo




Upper Volta - (Burkina Faso)


Ethiopia


Sierra Leone


Algeria


French Congo


Malawi


Gabon



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Very nice and very interesting. Thanks for sharing them.
 
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Very cool old photos/postcards.

The one from the French Congo with the skinned leopard makes him look like a big ole skinned squirrel.


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Thanks for posting, I love photos from "old Africa". Thanks again.


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The leopard from Algeria is interesting. Does anyone know the status of the leopard populations north of the Sahara?


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WOW.

Great photos.

Each must have a great hunting story to tell...

Thanks for sharing


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Great photos.

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Originally posted by SGraves155:
The leopard from Algeria is interesting. Does anyone know the status of the leopard populations north of the Sahara?

Highly endagered. only a few individual left.
Heres a map about places where you still find them
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wi...ard_distribution.gif


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Super pictures from a bygone age, thanks a lot. I also love these old photos...

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Caracal,
I'd question that map! It puts the whole of southern Africa as "former range" or "highly fragmented." If that's true there must be one under every bush in the dark green sections!!!!
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Very nice !




The photos posted for Chad & Ubangi Shari - (C.A.R.) is the same photo.


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Very nice !




The photos posted for Chad & Ubangi Shari - (C.A.R.) is the same photo.


My bad. Changed it!


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