Nkuhuma Pride

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Nkuhuma Pride

June 2023

• Three sub-adult males and one adult female were together at Manyelethi Crossing on the 6th. Three adult lionesses were north of Mlowathi Dam on the 16th 
  

July 2023

We had five sightings of the members of the Nkuhuma pride this month. 

• On the 2nd, a single lioness was found on the Gowrie Boundary north of Mlowathi Dam; a few days later, on the 7th, two lionesses, as well as two sub-adult females and three sub-adult males, were further west at Gowrie Circle. One of the younger lionesses in this sighting seemed injured and was being chased by some of the younger males. 
• On the 11th, two sub-adult males and one of the sub-adult females were at Pat’s Drift Koppies.
• The bulk of the pride, consisting of three lionesses, three sub-adult females and four sub-adult males, were seen south of Clarendon Dam on the 13th. 
• Later in the month, on the 28th, 14 members of the pride were found with small remains of an unknown carcass east of the Matshapiri River, quite far north along its course. 
  

August 2023

We had 11 sightings of the Nkuhuma Pride this month.

• On the 2nd, four young males were on the MalaMala Flockfield Boundary west of the KNP Break. They were north of Matshapiri Dam the next day. 
• On the 10th, a female killed one pup at the Cape hunting dog's den south of the Gowrie Boundary. 
• On the 18th, four of the young males were at Clarendon Dam with their father, the Northern Avoca male, while three lionesses and the seven sub-adults of the pride were at Matshapiri Dam. 
• On the 20th , at least 14 members of the pride and the Northern Avoca male killed a buffalo bull at Buffalo Bush Dam, which was stolen the following day by the two Ndhzenga males and three lionesses of the Kambula Pride. The Nkuhuma Pride had moved north and were at Matshapiri Dam. 
• On the 27th, two of the young males and the Northern Avoca male killed a buffalo at Emsagwen Waterhole. Two other young males from the pride joined them the next day before the two Ndhzenga males chased them away. 
• On the 30th, two of the young males were east of Pat’s Drift Koppies. 
  

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