Lions of Timbavati

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Tanda Tula update

Even our lions showed up again this week, with the cubs in tow!  The week started off with us tracking down two of the Sark Breakaway Pride members close to Nkhari.  Despite having been away for ages, the next day the Nharhu male pitched up in the same area and set about searching for the intruding lions, but without luck.  This was because the two Sark lions had headed north of our concession and joined two Western Pride females on a dead giraffe carcass.  After a few days they did return to the area, but only because the Nharhu males had picked up on the giraffe carcass and chased them off.   Frtunately the Nharhu males made an instant return to the south and we were able to track them down to the rest of the River Pride that day.

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We found the adult lionesses early in the week, but this was the first time we had seen them with their cubs in a couple of weeks.  The cubs are getting much bigger now, but that being said, they were looking quite under-nourished.  The mothers had eaten earlier in the week, but with the general game being so scarce in that part of their range at the moment, it is not a surprise to see them looking a little hungry.  We are hoping that this need for food will push them deeper into our concession where the general game really picked up this week. Reply