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Lions of Sabi Sands
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 Nhlanguleni
Rob The Ranger said...(I did post a bit of info on about him when I first put up the picture): "He came in from the east so i don't know his history before he arrived, he was seen at chitwa-chitwa before he arrived in the west but he was very agressive towards the vehicles there." Nhlanguleni - dominant over the Ottawa and SRP from 2005 until the Mapogo took over November 16, 2005 Leopard Hills http://www.e-gnu.com/forum/messages/1059.html The Ottawa pride now number: 4 adult females, 2 sub-adult males, 1 sub-adult and 6 juveniles. They are still being dominated by the Nhlanguleni Male Lion who spends his time between the Ottawa Pride and trying to take over the Sand River Pride. January 18, 2006 Leopard Hills http://www.e-gnu.com/forum/messages/1092.html The Ottawa lion pride has been relatively scarce of late, but a few sighting of this pride were recorded during December. The Nhlanguleni male lion has been spending a lot of time with this pride and has thus also not been as visible as in the previous months May 12, 2006 Leopard Hills http://www.e-gnu.com/forum/messages/1138.html Lions So much is happening on the lion front. This month has served up a big bag of mixed sightings and happenings. Duncan has covered the circumstances dealing with the Sand River Pride; I won’t dwell on this topic again though and will rather concentrate on what has transpired regarding the rest of the lion population in our game reserve. The probability of massive population shifts has now become eminent, this due to the arrival of a coalition of 6 male lions. These males have arrived from the eastern reaches of the Sabi Sands from a property and pride called the Eyerfield Pride. They pose a great threat to the many sub-adult lions we have roaming with our resident prides. It really is exciting times here, and the rangers hold their breaths waiting to see what happens; we also hope that this coalition stays in our area as it is a phenomenal sight, being able to show our guests such a large coalition of male lions. The future possibilities excite us all here greatly. These males have already been seen interacting with the Othawa pride, chasing them around the reserve one morning. The males also had an interaction with the Nhlanguleni male, he may well have been given a real hard time before finding a gap to run away. He is seen rather infrequently and when he was seen reports suggest that he is scratched, scared and injured. If the 6 males remain, he most certainly will not. Either he will be killed, or choose to leave this territory and try establish himself elsewhere June 09, 2006 Leopard Hills http://www.e-gnu.com/forum/messages/1153.htm Lions Things on the lion front are fairly quiet at the moment. Not too much is happening in terms of changes to the populations. Sightings are still numerous but there are no deaths or new births to report. The 2 remaining Sand River Pride females still frequent the northern parts of the reserve. Mating behaviour was noted this month with some of the males from the 6 male coalition that we have named the Mapogo Males. Only time will tell whether the females have conceived or not. We will keep you updated on any changes. The Othawa pride of 2 females and 6 sub-adults did make an appearance again this month. The adult females were also seen to be mating with the males from the Mapogo group. This all but confirms either the death or disappearance of the Nhlanguleni male lion. This male used to be the dominant territorial male in the area where both the Sand River and Othawa prides roam. Sorry for the broken links, but it's not my fault. It seems that information has been deleted. More details about Nhlanguleni can be found in posts #10 and #277 from the Mapogos thread. (In fact, a report written by Rob Vamplew.) |
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