Avoca male lions

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Avoca Males

June & July 2023  - No Sightings

August 2023

The Northern Avoca male was again on MalaMala after several months with no sightings. 

• On the 18th , he was at Clarendon Dam with four adult sons from the Nkuhuma Pride. 
• On the 20th, he helped the members of the Nkuhuma pride kill a male buffalo at Buffalo Bush Dam, which they feasted on until the two Ndhzenga males and three lionesses of the Kambula Pride stole the kill the following morning. 
• On the 27th, he killed a buffalo with two of his older sons from the Nkuhuma pride at Emsagwen Waterhole. They were joined by two other young males from the Nkuhuma pride the next day before being chased east by the Ndhzenga males. 
  

Only one of the Southern Avoca males was seen on MalaMala this month. 

• The first sighting of this male was on the 16th west of Beaumont’s Camp as he trailed four lionesses from the Talamati Pride. 
• He stole the remains of a buffalo kill from the Kambula pride south of Styx Rocks on the 21st . He was missing several of his teeth and had several injuries on his hind legs, potentially from a begrudged lioness or previous interactions with the Nkuhlu males. 
• On the 27th, he followed two young females from the Styx Pride in the Sand River at Verreaux’s Crossing.
  

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