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Jack in trouble?

An exciting week comes to an end at the Addo National Park and everyone’s favorite golden boy Jack has made a lot of people worried about him four days ago. What had happened?

Last Wednesday the two big males Witwarm and Niklaas were spotted at Domkrag pushing deep into Jacks territory. They seemed to be on a clear mission till they finally lay down close to the Nyathi fence. The very same area Jack was spotted a day before. He spends a lot of time at the fence calling to the lionesses on the other side. In the absence of own company he clearly shows interest to interact with the lions, sadly unable to reach them.

A few nervous hours passed by till Witwarm and Niklaas luckily decided to head back south Zuurkop to their lionesses. Although Jack is a very huge male at the young age of 4 years he wouldn’t be able to take on two adult male lions in their prime.

With the situation calmed down again now and Jacks constant visits at the Nyathi fence we can only hope that his loneliness will come to an end very soon with the introduction of new lionesses for him.

December 2020
Addo National Park
Photo credits: Brett Luke Steyn

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