Kambula/Ntsevu Pride

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Posting for @Mapokser, the August MalaMala Report, borrowed from here:

https://malamala.com/monthly-game-reports/



THE KAMBULA PRIDE = 18

1 ADULT FEMALE ± 11 YEARS 2 MONTHS

4 ADULT FEMALES ± 6 YEARS 1 MONTH

9 CUBS 1 YEAR 8 MONTHS

1 CUB 1 YEAR 6 MONTHS

3 CUBS 1 YEARS 1 MONTH

MALAMALA, FLOCKFIELD, NORTHERN CHARLESTON

(24 sightings)


The members of the Kambula pride had a very successful month and were seen on numerous kills, five
of those being adult buffalo, aiding to their ever-growing task of feeding 13 cubs.


Noteworthy sightings:

• On the 1st, the entire pride was with the Ndhzenga males in the Tamboti Thickets and the next

day, they were west of Tlebe Rocks with only 10 cubs.

• The three remaining cubs were still in the Tamboti Thickets on the 3rd and the 4th.

• On the 8th, they killed a buffalo south of the Causeway and remained in this area until the 10th.

• On the 11th, they were joined by one Ndhzenga male to the east of Campbell Koppies, but

both males were with the pride at Kikilezihash Crossing the next day.

• On the 13th, they were feeding on a buffalo kill south east of Styx Crossing and were at Styx

Rocks the next day.

• They fed on another buffalo kill on the 17th west of MalaMala Camp and were joined by the

Ndhzenga males and the Ntsevu pride, who they have not been seen with in over a year. They

went their separate ways the next day.

• On the 20th and 21st, they were seen at Mlowathi Dam, much further north than we have been

encountering this pride recently.

• On the 22nd, they once again feeding on the remains of a buffalo kill, this time south of Stwise

and moved to Elephant Rock the next day.

• They killed a nyala at Flockfield Pools on the 26th and were resting under West Street Bridge

the next day.

• On the 30th, five lionesses and only 10 cubs were feeding on a zebra kill south of the Charleston

Flockfield Boundary, far east of the Sand River and were closer to the Windmill the next day,

where they were feeding on a buffalo kill in a drainage line system. They also had to chase the

young Kambula female and the young Styx male away from this area.

THE NTSEVU PRIDE = 10

2 ADULT FEMALES 11 YEARS 5 MONTHS

1 ADULT FEMALE ± 11 YEARS 2 MONTHS

3 CUBS 0 YEARS 9 MONTHS

4 CUBS ± 3 MONTHS

MARTHLY, EYREFIELD, MALAMALA

(23 sightings)

They members of the Ntsevu pride were seen half as much as last month, having spent most of their

time west of MalaMala. Unfortunately, all members of the pride are suffering from a bout of mange

but are still making kills regularly.


Noteworthy sightings:

• All 10 members of the pride were in the Manyeleti River, east of Kigelia Crossing on the 1st

and two days later they were further west of Kigelia Crossing.

• On the 6th, only the three older cubs were seen north of Stwise and the next day the lioness

with her four younger cubs was west of Kigelia Crossing.

• All seven cubs were at the rocky den site in the Manyeleti River, east of Kigelia Crossing, on

the 11th but only four cubs were seen there the next day.

• On the 13th, two lionesses and the older cubs were north of Elephant Rock, while the four

younger cubs were in the Manyeleti River, west of Kigelia Crossing. The third lioness was with

the Ndhzenga males east of Campbell Koppies.

• All members of the pride were north of Campbell Koppies on the 16th, with the transient Styx

male and Kambula breakaway female intruding in their territory nearby.

• On the 17th, for the first time in over a year, they joined the Kambula pride along with the

Ndhzenga males, at a buffalo kill south of the Sand River, west of Bicycle Crossing. But they

left them the next day and moved towards Matumi Rocks, where they stayed until the 20th.

• On the 24th, they were joined by the Ndhzenga males in this area and only six cubs were seen

at Matumi Rocks on the 29th. Reply