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If you have followed the blogs over the years, you know that if our leopards are very active, it is usually because the lions are a little less present, and that was no different this week. Although we kicked off the week with a Birmingham Breakaway male and Mayambula lioness in the east, things got a little quiet after that in the eastern parts. The Vuyela males were exploring just south of our concession, but two pairs of these dominant males were seen in the central region in the middle of the week – as they usually do, they put on some good roaring displays for us. The week ended with news that the five males and the River Pride were on a giraffe kill in the Klaserie; one can be sure that after that feed, they will be doing some major territorial patrols to keep intruders at bay – we could already hear the Birmingham Breakaways calling more vociferously in the east due to the absence of a response from the Vuyelas. In the west, we enjoyed a great sighting of eight young members of the Giraffe Pride one afternoon, and they didn’t disappoint with their tree-climbing antics. A couple of days later fifteen members were found in the eastern part of the territory, the Hercule’s male was seen with a kill, and the week ended with what sounded like the majority of the members resting off near a dam in the east.