Prides of the Masai Mara

[T_Ferguson]

(03-28-2023, 07:15 AM)BA0701 Wrote:

(03-28-2023, 06:00 AM)Mwk85 Wrote: As of a several of hours ago (7/8) Rongai cubs were still separated from the rest of the pride. 

(2/4) BRM's Lorkulup/Oloimina, 6 lionesses, 1 cub, and the subadult male were seen together near Talek Gate. The separated cubs were first spotted in the Maji ya Fisi area. Hope the pride has since moved off to find them.

Whew, very perilous situation for the future of the Rongai Pride. One or two cubs maybe, but 7/8 is terrible. I hope they get out and search. I believe it was Brent, don't recall exactly, but one of the guides in the Mara had drug a carcass to draw the pride close to a lost cub, a cub that surprisingly enough had been hanging out with some nomad males while he was lost. So, since they practice veterinary intervention down there, among other forms, perhaps a similar situation can occur here as well.

It does look like the cubs spent the night on their own.  I don't think the odds of them all surviving a night like that are very high. Reply