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THIMBA’S mother was poisoned when she left the Etosha National Park in search of easy prey on a neighbouring farm. THIMBA was trapped by a farmer who felt compassion for this cub. The farm-owners called AfriCat North and on 10 November 2007, THIMBA and his 3 siblings were transported to the Foundation’s Lion Sanctuary. He had a few injuries due to the cage-trap, but was in a good condition.

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NAME: Thimba
GENDER: Male
AGE: (2016) 8 turning 9 this years
WEIGHT: (2013) 160Kg (2014) 195Kg (2015) 177Kg
ORIGIN: Northern Namibia, bordering Etosha National Park.
SIBLINGS: Shavula
COMPANIONS IN ENCLOSURE: Shavula
REASON FOR CAPTIVITY: Captive reared, habituated and now too old for release.
THIMBA means lion hunter in Swahili, and was born in the wild, but his mother was killed. He was approximately 6 months old when he was caught in a cage trap on a cattle farm, along the borders of the Etosha National Park.

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His brother SHAVULA is still in our care at the AfriCat Carnivore Care Centre & continues his work as AfriCat Lion Ambassador for those of you who would be INTERESTED IN ADOPTING SHAVULA, please see link below for further instructions.

THANK YOU!

http://www.africat.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=438%3Alion-shavula&catid=39%3Aadoption
— at Okonjima Lodge.

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INTRODUCING SHENZI
GENDER: Male
AGE: (2016) 8 years
WEIGHT: (2013) 181.9Kg (2014) 182Kg (2015) 189Kg
ORIGIN: Etosha National Park. (on a farm bordering ENP)
SIBLINGS: None
REASON FOR CAPTIVITY: Captive reared, habituated and now too old for release.
Shenzi is one of our lions at AfriCat's Carnivore Care Centre.
Shenzi (meaning 'leader of the pack') was found weak and near death, at a waterhole on a cattle farm, bordering the world-renowned Etosha National Park. As we have no precise record of how Shenzi lost his mother, we suspect that the lioness left the confines of Etosha to hunt on neighbouring farmland.
Here, she gave birth to two known cubs: one cub of the same size was found dead at the very same waterhole, 2 weeks prior to Shenzi’s rescue. As farmers cannot tolerate these large predators amongst their livestock, they make use of gin traps and poison; we suspect that Shenzi’s mother was poisoned.
AfriCat North drove approx. 150 km to collect Shenzi from these compassionate farmers. Shenzi spent his first month at AfriCat North in a small enclosure, as de-worming medication as well as a dose of antibiotics, were administered.
Each day he would devour a piece of fresh meat; Shenzi grew so fast that after the first 2 weeks we had difficulty holding him whilst administering the medication. From the start, Shenzi kept his distance from humans and would not become any tamer – as AfriCat does not wish to habituate wild lions, after a month Shenzi was released into a 1 hectare enclosure, next to a group of 4 larger cubs who had been rescued from farmland adjacent to the Etosha NP, 6 months prior...
To continue reading up on Shenzi's life and all his most recent news please follow the link below ...
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http://www.africat.org/index.php…

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Shenzi with his new adopted pride, a few months after his arrival...

To continue reading up on Shenzi's life and all his most recent news please follow the link below ..

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