Lions of Timbavati

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Rangers Report - July 2017

KAMBAKU LODGES·FRIDAY, AUGUST 11, 2017
The month of July has been a month filled with countless close encounters with some of Africa’s most beautiful and iconic animals. Sunsets, sunrises and stunning starry skies have also touched people from all over the world, stealing a piece of their hearts.
Sadly however, we also have to report the loss of, probably one of the most sought after, and iconic animals in the Timbavati…the white lioness.
Early on a Tuesday morning, the echoes of lions roaring and fighting filled the cold winter air. Guides and guests alike hurried to get out early to witness the action first hand taking place just outside the lodge.
Almost immediately the guides tracked down the Giraffe pride feeding on a buffalo kill very close to Kambaku’s entrance.
After a few short moments’ two fairly new nomadic male lions (Mbiri males) entered the scene assisted by the cloak of early morning darkness and chased the Giraffe pride south away from their kill.
The new nomads had just returned to feed on their stolen prize when something caught their attention from the South, the 2 Mapoza males of the Giraffe pride, approaching with intent to reclaim what was rightfully theirs.
The now already adrenalin and testosterone filled nomads accepted the Mapoza’s challenge with full vigour and successfully chased the resident males off in a cloud of dust and roars!!
Unfortunately in all the chaos, the white lioness found herself caught amidst it all and the target of the new Nomads aggression, a fight she was never equipped to contend with!!
Her loss brings an end to the White Lions of Timbavati for now but not all is lost, the gene is still carried strong by all her kin and we hope that we shall see their return in the not too distant future.

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