Birmingham Pride of lions

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White Dot had 3 cubs (1,2) in December, her sister is now denning, from WE drive the guides know the location and so far saw just one tawny cub. She has been leaving the pride at times for some time and swollen teats, it is safe to assuem they were born in February, just spotted for the first time now.

The split based on WE drive info seems to be:

Core 

2 Ross Males
White Dot female (mother of 3 cubs born in December)
her sister (mother of a litter born recently still hidden, so often on her own)
her daughter (mother of year old cubs)
sub-adult female (has a wound on the back of left back leg, not a small one but doesn't seem to bother her)
2 year old cubs (male and female)
3 2-months something old cubs (1 male, 2 females, which went through missing patches of fur, possibly mange, which has provided distinctive markers to identify them from each other)

all those were viewed on the Morning WE sunset drive, just not all together:
- wildebeest carcass fed upon by the males and sub-adult female keeping their distance, eventually snatching a part and carrying it away to eat it; it is quite possible her leg injury might be carcass realted and not a sign of her not being accepted back into the pride
- denning female on a river bed near the supposed "den" location
- 3 females with 5 cubs, one of them possibly the sub-adult (I believe the guide used term "younger female") on a river chased repeatedly by different elephants in a river bed after sunset; considering they moved from the previous sighting of the denning female to this group, it seems it was the other three females including the sub-adult - I was not focusing on that but one of the adult was smaller (which doesn not mean much as White Dot and her sister are quite big themselves); anyway it seem the sub-adult is likely to fight herself a way back into the pride

Breakway

are in Manyeleti, the "white group" with both white lions

2 oldest Birmingham females (around 14yrs old according to the guide)
Birmingham Young Male
3 Sub-Adult males, inculding the white one
4 Sub-Adults females, including the white one

So overall 11-12+ individuals in the core (depending on whether you count the newest cub(s) already and 9-10 individuals in the breakaway white group (depending on whether you count BYM now adult male as member of the pride) = 20-22+ members of the pride. Reply