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There have been some news about the Maputo Coalition....apparently the duo was driven away by 4/7 Satara Males, and Xai Xai hasn't been seen very recently.
Maputo was seen heading to Mozambique. I hope his partner is okay. I'm sad about this turn of events and that we probably won't hear about these boys again.
(08-17-2024, 12:28 AM)Tr1x24 Wrote: Lets not point fingers at Jock guys (or any other ones who deal with these issues), as this problem is really hard to solve in a correct way, and they want best solution, just like us.
We discuss this before, these lions needs to be relocated away from this area, as they are escaping Kruger and are threat to human community near by, where they will be killed or kill someone otherwise.
As for fixing fences, these guys are not responsible for that, yet whole Kruger National Park. Maintaining hundreds km of fences regulary is prob really hard and expensive.
As for relocating north, yes, area proves to be dangerous for lions, but population of lions is very low, so from that standpoint is the best area to relocate lions. You cant just dump 5-10 lions in others lions territory.
I fully understand that at times animals must be moved from one area to another when risks are posed to areas that have a human population in them, and you're right, you can't just put them in another lions territory either. The issue that I, and many others have is why move them to an area that is synonymous with poaching and poisoning of animals? I mean, the Kruger National Park is a significantly sizeable area with undoubtedly far better options to relocate animals to, but for some unknown reason (at least for those of us not in the know) they keep sending animals north knowing full an well that the odds of them surviving there are slim. Just to follow up, I know that poaching, poisoning, snares, and other issues aren't just prevalent to Northern KNP, but it's definitely a hotspot for those issues more so than other areas which leads to people asking reasonable questions.
(09-26-2021, 10:10 PM)lionuk Wrote: Great picture of Ngotso young males. The legacy of Blondie and Vuku is looking really bright. Although Blondie was not around (apparently on honeymoon with another female near Balule) Vuku was present.
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Where are these guys now?
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(09-26-2021, 10:10 PM)lionuk Wrote: Great picture of Ngotso young males. The legacy of Blondie and Vuku is looking really bright. Although Blondie was not around (apparently on honeymoon with another female near Balule) Vuku was present.
08-18-2024, 10:06 PM( This post was last modified: 08-18-2024, 10:06 PM by Brahim )
(08-13-2024, 03:00 AM)Friarfan619 Wrote:
(08-11-2024, 03:23 PM)Brahim Wrote: Mjejane males having a stand off with some young males December 2023.
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Is it known what came off this??
No not sure who they actually are. Maybe they mpondo sons the breakaways or some unknown youngsters from Biyamiti. But Photographer just said mjejane kept an eye on them and then they left they didn't maul them.
(08-18-2024, 10:09 PM)Brahim Wrote: Great news. Vuku, the last Ngotso male seen this week on the S90 with his younger partner, Nkaya pan young male.
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The Last Trichardt male. Dominant over Mananga and the Shish Pride. After the loss of his brother the odds are stacked against him. 3/7 Satara males are close by, 4 unknown males in the North. To the South West he has the Nwanetsi/Old S90/One eye chava coalition.
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(08-18-2024, 10:18 PM)Brahim Wrote: 3/7 Satara males seen a couple days ago with 5 Lioness from Chava pride. They have driven Maputo and Xai Xai off into Mozambique
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Great updates, as always, my friend. Is that one male white, or is it just the lighting? He looks almost white in the pics, and I was not aware there was a white male among the Sataras.
Coalitions of Kruger National Park
