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The Kambula pride remained fragmented this month with two main divisions. The bulk of the pride consisting of adult females, the 11 sub-adults and the two, year-and-a-half old cubs. The 'second division' consisting of the two lionesses who recently lost their cubs and the third lioness that occasionally links up with them. The last of the youngest cubs also disappeared during the early parts of the month, the last sighting of this cub was on the 31st of December 2020. We can only assume it also succumbed to the mange infection this litter had contracted....
Towards the later parts of the month, one of the sub-adult males from the pride was seen alone on three occasions and not looking in the best condition.
Torchwood Male
This male's first sighting was an interesting one where he was seen in the Sand River at the Old Dudley crossing with a lioness from the Kambula pride on the 7th.
Hairy Belly
The surviving Clarendon Male was seen three times this month; in the Tamboti Thickets (26th), west of Campbell Koppies (30th) and on the Old Airstrip (31st).