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Lions of Timbavati
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Tanda Tula update
3.05.2019 To begin with, many must be wondering about the Zebenine Pride of lions and what their fate is, but sadly, I am not in a position to give you all of the answers! Another week passed without any sightings of them, although tracks for a lioness and sub-adult were seen back in the central part of their territory for the first time in months. On one of the days I was off, one of the guides from a neighbouring camp claims that he actually picked up tracks for two lionesses and a sub-adult in the same area. Could it possibly be that the mother lioness did not die, and somehow was just separated from her sister and daughter for all this time? I will be honest, I am a little sceptical at this news of the tracks, not because I don’t believe the guide, but more because I don’t want to start thinking that she is alive and the pride is alright, only to then find out that she isn’t. I guess we will just have to wait another week to see if there are any confirmed sightings of our once stable go-to pride of lions. The Mayambula Pride were once again scarce this week, with only the odd report of the lionesses to the south of our concession. Fortunately, though, we did get lucky with the lone lioness and her growing cubs in the east on a few occasions as she moved back to the old den site with them. So, another week has come and gone without her reuniting with the pride, but still looks to be in great shape and clearly not feeling the effects of being the sole provider for the cubs! The Mbiri males were found early in the week gorging themselves on a wildebeest in the south-west, then following on from that, they moved straight across the concession and unfortunately killed a buffalo about a kilometre north of our boundary. My suspicions are that the River Pride (four females and two males) that had spent three days in the north-eastern part of our concession possibly drew the attention of our dominant males, and on arriving in the north managed to find themselves a very good meal! The Giraffe Pride of lions with the Black Dam male were also seen on two days in the far west of the concession, and luckily, didn’t kill any wild dogs this week! Source: http://www.tandatula.com/blog/posts/a-week-of-autumn-in-pictures?fbclid=IwAR3b-PaqBypNpU3OPDyWevLIQjWg-2JIfI-C9rNxZavEftq5U2v8ARvPGcw |
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