Injured male lion stampede by buffalo herd and died

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(05-06-2017, 08:37 AM)sik94 Wrote: you have any reliable sources that the lion survived? Seemed like it was game over to me.

Like @Garfield  mentioned  the lion was found dead  2/3 days after the incident, also they both died buffalo because of infection 2 weeks later.
 

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From: Shenton Safaris july 2014:

At Kaingo and Mwamba Camps, deep in the South Luangwa National Park, we are lucky enough to share our territory with three separate lion prides.
One of the males in the pride doesn’t seem to be in a very good condition because he’s got a lot of scars all over his body which we think may be due to a skin disease. Let’s hope he makes it for another season because those males make for a very nice coalition.
Patrick after checking with the South Luangwa Conservation Society and the Zambian Carnivore Program, both of whom have seen the lion, they tend to think that he has Ringworm, but will proceed to some skin and blood testing should his condition worsen.
Photos by Patrick and Meyam Njobvu

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Sep 27, 2014 by Matt Armstrong-Ford

Over the past few weeks we have noticed that the Mwamba Kaingo Pride had one of its two males missing. The male – known as Ringo or Limpy had been seen less and less, he has been behaving strangely. The last time he was seen with the whole pride was at a kill on lion plain where he fed and left without any interaction with other pride members.
He has now made Mwamba bush camp his home. With fresh water and a constant supply of food it seems a good place to spend the last of your days.

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With so many close sightings of Ringo from the Mwamba photographic hide, which is dug into the Mwamba riverbank, it was easy to see that all was not well with this magnificent male. It appeared that he had quite bad mange over his body but also possibly an underlying ailment that was causing him to lose weight rapidly.

This said, within two days of making Mwamba Bush Camp his new home he managed to take down a female buffalo on his own, right in front of our eyes by drowning it in the waterhole at the hide. Unfortunately he was unable to eat much of the half submerged carcass as the fight took too much out of him. Instead he lay beside it guarding his prize for the next few days.

A week later and Ringo was looking weaker and weaker. We heard commotion coming from the direction of the hide. We rushed over to find him hanging from the muzzle of a very much alive female buffalo. The rest of the herd watched closely from a short distance, occasionally coming in close enough to assist their comrade. What followed over the next few hours can only be described as an epic battle between two gladiators fighting to the death.

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The drama took place in the same way you would see two heavyweight boxers fighting for the world title. After three minute bouts both titans would stand and stare at each other, out of breath. Each waiting for the other to make the next move.

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After each interval it was evident both fighters were getting weaker and weaker. At one point both Ringo and the buffalo were so exhausted, he just lay under her bleeding nose licking the blood like Energade

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After an hour and a half and into round ten with the buffalo barely on her feet and the lion hugging her with his locked claws the referee came in to intervene.

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A very large bull buffalo charged in and attempted to scoop Ringo up with his horns to gore him to death and put an end to the fight. It was amazing to see how Ringo managed to evade most of these fatal blows by lying flat against the earth, making it very difficult for the bull to get the curve of his horns under his body. However a couple of blows were landed and at least one or two real cracking sounds came from the lion’s rib cage as bones were snapped.

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This had the effect of keeping the lion down which allowed the severely weakened female buffalo to re-join her herd. With that the battered lion warrior managed to drag himself under a bush. By now the dust had settled and the sun had dropped below the horizon. He had taken a terrible beating and we all thought he would surely soon depart this world.

However Ringo’s story had one more chapter. Like any true king he was not quite done. Early the following morning, not far from Mwamba Camp, he summoned his awesome strength again and took down an impala. He had recovered enough to make one last effort to survive and showed very little sign of the epic encounter of the previous day. This just shows the strength and power of the magnificent beasts and their instinct to survive against all odds.

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On Sep 30, 2014 by Derek

A big thank you to south Luangwa Conservation Society (SLCS), The Zambia Carnivore Program (ZCP) and The Zambian Wildlife Authority (ZWA) for assisting us with the darting and relocation of the Mwamba male who had made Mwamba bush camp his home.
As im sure most of you are aware from following our page there has been a lot of activity surrounding The Mwamba Male. The Mwamba Pride often move into the area directly surrounding Mwamba Bush Camp at this time of year, but the dominant male was behaving in an unusually aggressive manner.

[i]We reported the unusual behaviour to ZAWA who decided he should be relocated to the far reaches of his territory away from any camps, where he could have become a danger to humans. Decisions to interfere with the processes of nature are not made lightly, but the safety of park guests is always the priority as is the safety of the animals. Any animal who attacks a human would have to be put down and ultimately that is also an outcome we would strenuously avoid.
Once  ZAWA  had instructed us we called SLCS and ZCP to come in and relocate him.

When the team arrived the Mwamba male was resting close to the Mwamba hide under a bush with an impala he had killed that morning.  The process of darting him went smoothly and he was loaded and moved to Kapanda lagoon out near our Baobab Forest.

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When he came around he immediately started feeding on the impala carcass that was also moved with him and everyone was pleased to see the positive reaction he had to the experience. After seeing all was well the two teams left him to figure out his surroundings.
He was found dead two days later.  It is suspected that he suffered fatal internal injuries from his battle with the buffalo at Mwamba a couple of days prior to his re-location. This injury may have sparked the aggressive behaviour in the first place.

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He was an iconic beast.  This male lion had been photographed and enjoyed by thousands of our guests over the past several years; all of whom had carried those memories of Wild Africa back out into their lives. We are so sorry to see him go, but he went out like the legend he was. RIP Reply