Coalitions of Kruger National Park

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Singita Kruger report: https://singita.com/2021/06/singita-krug...-june-2021

Lions

• The unknown male lion who was fondly known as “The Beast from the East” had, in the beginning of the month been christened with his official name, which is the Maputo male, in honour of the country he crossed into the concession from, which is Mozambique. He has been seen on a number of occasions wandering the southern parts of the concession, scent marking and roaring.
• The Maputo male and Kumana male have again been seen fighting on numerous occasions in the concession and it seems in most cases that the Maputo male is the victor of these fights.
• The arrival of the Maputo male into the concession has caused a bit of chaos amongst the Shish pride who have, for the last three years, pledged their allegiance to the Kumana male who looks like he may be losing parts of his territory to this intruding male. On one occasion the Maputo male was seen chasing the lionesses and cubs of the Shish pride, which caused the pride to split and to this day have not managed to get back together.
• The Mountain pride has been seen on a number of occasions in the northern parts of the concession. On one occasion they attempted to hunt two porcupines but the porcupine quills proved to be a great armour as the lions were unable to kill them, and this was not from a lack of trying as the quills caused many casualties.
• Two unknown males have been seen moving into the northern parts of the concession, in what is believed to be the Shish male’s territory.
• The Shish males have been seen on a few occasions in the Northern parts of the concession. A Shish male was seen with an unidentified lionesses and subadult male, and on another occasion Xihamham was seen with his ‘brother’ defending their territory by making their presence in the north known by roaring and scent marking.
• A lioness from the Mananga pride was seen east of Gudzane Dam.
• Three members of the Northern pride who are rarely seen were spotted catching some sleep in the cool cover of a tree’s shadow.
  

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