That morning, we decided to follow four cheetahs on the hunt. We followed them for hours. We passed herds of topis, gazelles, and zebras. We knew something was going to happen. When, five hours later, our Maasai guide whispered, ‘they are going for the zebras,’ I was convinced they would attack the topis or gazelles dotted across the valley. Seconds later, the cheetahs burst into a small group of zebras. One cheetah ran towards us, clinging onto a foal. In those seconds, I took this picture of the mother zebra launching a last attempt to push her foal away from the attacking cheetah.She failed
Alex Brackx is a wildlife photographer living in Belgium. He started to pursue wildlife photography in 2010 while travelling in South and Central America. Through further travels in Asia, Belarus, Finland, and again South America, he began to hone his craft, travelling to film and take photos of wildlife. Amongst his favorite areas are Kenya, Botswana, Svalbard, Scandinavia, Tasmania and Mongolia . For Alex, it is a thrill to photograph his observations of mammals and birds in different landscapes, jungles, deserts and oceans all over the world .
