The Charleston Males

[Tshokwane]

Credits to Brett Devitt - Kirkman's Kamp.

I arrived at Kirkmans just as one of the Charleston female lions introduced her three cubs to her pride, one female and two males (the ‘Charleston Males’) Little did I know the drama that I would have the privilege to witness unfold over the next five and a half years with this pride.


These two males have with the help of the only other surviving member of their pride ‘the Charleston female’ overcome huge odds and become the dominant male lions of the Southern Sabi Sands.

These brothers lost almost their entire pride members to another pride trying to extend their territory, the ‘Southern Pride’, including their mother and sister.
They survived being killed themselves by avoiding other lions for years.

As they grew so did their confidence until they eventually took over the dominant pride in the Southern Sabi Sands the ‘Southern Pride’. Ironically the same pride that decimated their pride years ago. 

The Charleston males as boys.

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