Lions of Sabi Sands

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Misc Lions

June 2023

• The Marthly lioness was seen on the 7th, around Elephant Rock Lookout. She was around Exit Euphorbia Drive on the 11th. On the 18th, she was at Stwise, the last time we saw her this month. 
• Torchwood Pride - We saw two adult males, five lionesses, and six cubs at Clarendon Dam on the 26th.
•  Two sub-adult males were at Stwise on the 16th.
  

July 2023

• Black Dam Males - These two male lions were seen mainly in the northern parts of MalaMala Game Reserve. They spent some time at Mlowathi Dam and were recorded to be there on the 10th, 18th and 24th, the last two sightings of which they were mating with one of the Kambula lionesses. On the 13th and the 14th, they were seen mating with the same Kambula lioness further south along the Mlowathi River. They were found by themselves in the Maponyoleni Donga on the 16th and were last seen this month with an impala kill east of the Mlowathi River on the 27th. 
  

August 2023

• August is the first month the Black Dam males feature in their permanent section! Having established themselves in Eyrefield, it is fitting that they have their own section. They were only seen once this month, midway along the Gowrie Boundary on the 10th .
• Members of the STYX PRIDE were encountered on two occasions. Eight members of the pride were at Calabash Crossing on the 4th. On the 27th, two females were with the Southern Avoca male in the Sand River at Verreaux’s Crossing.
• Two young male lions from the TALAMATI PRIDE were north of the Nwana Nonanshemeni Donga east of the Mlowathi River on the 16th, finishing off the remains of a young buffalo kill.
• Four lionesses from the TALAMATI PRIDE were west of Beaumont’s Camp on the 16th, with a Southern Avoca male trailing them. 
  

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