The Birmingham Males

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Source: http://www.tintswalo.com/safari/wp-conte...y-2015.pdf


Birmingham Lions - The Rise of a New Coalition in the Manyeleti (1st Quarter 2015) 

Over the past six months, a coalition of five young male lions have entered the Manyeleti borders. This young group of males originates from a large pride to the North of the reserve, called the Birmingham Pride. The coalition of five young males was forced to leave their maternal pride due to the very powerful and territorial Matimba lions, who dominate large parts of the Manyeleti. The five young males left the Birmingham Pride with three of their sisters and ran into a vacuum area (land where there are no territorial male lions). These five Birmingham youngsters are born and bred buffalo killers, and over the past few months, guests at Tintswalo Safari Lodge have witnessed some phenomenal interactions with these amazing cats taking down full grown, bull buffalo, to the ground - on a number of occasions. The young Birmingham male and female lions have started to mature, and pressure has come from the two Matimba Male Lions, pushing the five young Birmingham males far south of the reserve, and the females to the centre of the reserve. 

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 Photo by Alistair Leuner 

These five Birmingham youngsters are born and bred buffalo killers, and over the past few months, guests at Tintswalo Safari Lodge have witnessed some phenomenal interactions with these amazing cats taking down full grown, bull buffalo, to the ground - on a number of occasions. The young Birmingham male and female lions have started to mature, and pressure has come from the two Matimba Male Lions, pushing the five young Birmingham males far south of the reserve, and the females to the centre of the reserve. Reply