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Lions of Sabi Sands
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Pretty Girl Tsalala/Marthly lioness and her gorgeous cub doing extremely well!
Londolozi-Sabi Sands. January, 2020. - Photo credit: R.Watson.  *This image is copyright of its original author
"Hairy Belly" Matimba & Othawa pride @Dulini Private Game Reserve
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Young Styx male looking very good and strong for his age, if im not mistaken he is still not yet 3 yrs old, he looks like Mfumo ( what a story would be if 3 Bboys sons in Nkuhuma, Torchwood and Styx males form a coalition.) :
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It is with great sadness that we have to report the death of the younger of the two Sparta/Eyrefield lionesses.
This loss delivers another destructive blow to a once over 20 members strong pride that occupied a vast area around Londolozi. The downfall of the pride that gained further prominence through raising the Mapogo male lions, was a process that proceeded slowly over the last years. When there’s a crucial point to begin with it’s surely the death of the old lioness and littermate of the Mapogo lions in 2013 as well as the departure of the their dominant pride males, the Majingilane coalition in 2015. Not only were the remaining three adult lionesses inexperienced first-time-mothers (hence they lost some of their 7 cubs), the territory-shifting of the Majingilane males allowed the Kambula pride to venture deeper into central Londolozi. Being a bigger pride and soon well established through a continuous mating with the Matimba as well as the Matshapiri males, they forced the Sparta lionesses further south, killing one of them in the process. From then on they scraped a living by being basically nomads that benefited from a lack of prides at southern Sabi Sands. Nevertheless the older of the two lionesses lost another litter in 2018 and thus crushing once again the hope of a successful pride rebuilding. The small hope grew stronger again after she gave birth to two more cubs in July/August 2019 from which she lost one. Even when the younger female was still without any cubs, her presence not only increased the security of the surviving cub but she also added serious value to the hunts. With the news of her death now the future of the last remaining lioness and her cub remains dark. With being close to 13 years old it’s legit to say that her current female cub is her last chance to successfully raise a successor that continues to bear the genes of the once powerful Sparta pride that is now more than ever at the verge of extinction.  *This image is copyright of its original author Very sad news, this lioness was Majingilanes daughter, born around 2012, once mighty Sparta pride is now relying on 1 old lioness and her young daughter, future doesnt seems bright... 
After hearing lions calling one morning over the weekend, we headed out in the direction the audio was coming from and found the pride of lions that were feeding on the giraffe carcass the day before. They were quite some distance from the giraffe though so that raised some questions as to why they had left. We went to investigate and found 2 male lions in their place.
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(01-20-2020, 06:23 PM)Potato Wrote: After hearing lions calling one morning over the weekend, we headed out in the direction the audio was coming from and found the pride of lions that were feeding on the giraffe carcass the day before. They were quite some distance from the giraffe though so that raised some questions as to why they had left. We went to investigate and found 2 male lions in their place. N'ws males overtake giraffe carcass from Othawa male and Mhangeni pride.. This is the first sign that Othawa male cannot scare them off anymore.. Im rly concern for Othawa male, if females see that he cannot protect them anymore, they dont have cubs, so they might leave him and accept new males.. Hope nothing happens to him, N'ws males mean business, they have that fearless look, especially 2 older ones..
Othawa male is young, healty and strong. He should be perfectly fine even if ousted by those new young males.
Lion update from Sabi Sabi:
We came across two male lions quenching their thirst after gorging themselves on the remains of a kill near Bush Lodge. Shortly thereafter they lay flat on the road trying to digest their meal. This morning we came across a group of lions that were resting and cleaning themselves after having also eaten; but were also quite alert and keeping an eye out for future opportunities. Both N'ws males and Mhangeni pride with Othawa male are still in the same arena.   *This image is copyright of its original author Birmingham Tinyo on Kirkman’s little did he know that the Othawa male and another coalition was in the same area - Kirkman's Kamp - Posted:- 19 Jan 2020 Image By:- Eckson Sithole seems there is a real lion party in that area... ahahah
Kirkman's Kamp is quite close, but I do not think close enough to call it the same arena.
You could be right, but maybe they are more closer than we think... they can be on the border of each reserve.
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