Kambula/Ntsevu Pride

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Kambula Pride

The groupings we suggested last month held true for this month too. As a result, we continue to refer to the fragments of this pride in groups A – C (see August Game Report for the composition breakdown).

Mating activities continue between Kambula Group C and the Ndhzenga males this month.

• On the 1st, Kambula Group B was in Jakkalsdraai Open Area, while Kambula Group C was just east of them, keeping the company of the Ndhzenga males.
• On the 23rd, Kambula Group A had a giraffe bull kill north of Trollip’s Camp. This month, giraffes seemed a popular choice as Kambula Group C, and the Ndhzenga males shared a giraffe bull carcass north of Charleston Rock on the 28th .
• Kambula Group A are moving their cubs further from where we expect to see them, and more haphazardly too. This month they were seen as far northwest as the Causeway and as far southeast as Ivory Pan. In a heated interaction, they attempted to join in feeding from a giraffe carcass that Kambula Group C and the Ndhzenga males shared north of Charleston Rock. Unfortunately, it was not the warm family reunion we were hoping for. Despite contact-calling, Kambula Group A was met with hostility and chased into the Kruger National Park.
  

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