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Interestingly Ravenscourt also found himself in the same situation, he killed the Basile females cubs even though the rangers thought the cubs were most likely his
https://www.instagram.com/tv/CPQsmK_ldks/ Ulusaba rangers mention it at 6 minutes 
The late Anderson male in his prime:
 *This image is copyright of its original author https://www.rosscouper.com/ I know this is controversial, but this really was a male to be truly called 'lioness-sized'. He was massive in every aspect (i.e. frame, head, neck & likely his weight). 
The very handsome Nweti male.
 *This image is copyright of its original author "The Nweti male has secured what was the majority of the Inyathini males territory in the south. A strikingly handsome leopard that is becoming more of a regular feature in eastern Dudley. Size is definitely on his side as I am sure he will expand his reign over much more of southern Londolozi."  *This image is copyright of its original author "The Nweti male after having stolen an impala kill from the Maxims male." Credits to Londolozi
Molwati, currently the biggest male in Sabi Sands:
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My favorite Leopard of all times, Sindile male, I still miss him.
 *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author Such a handsome young boy.  *This image is copyright of its original author Sindile when collared in 2016. (06-28-2021, 11:24 PM)Tonpa Wrote: What happened to him in the end? Disappeared into the Kruger? Unknown to this date. This was posted around a week ago in the Facebook group 'Leopards of Djuma and Other Territories': "Five years ago tomorrow, SINDILE was seen for the first time since being released back into the Sabi Sands. The excitement from James Hendry and Brent Leo-smith was palpable and as a viewer who had come just a few months after he had been quarantined, it was very exciting to meet him. Sindile was the reason Earline Rochester began this group, and here is a summarization of Sindile’s life to this (video) point in time: Sindile was the son of Shadow, Thandi’s sister, and grandson of Karula who was born in September 2014. When he was a year old, he was found with a domestic dog by game drive vehicles. The dog was still alive when WE and Brent arrived, but looked limp. Eventually, the Sabi Sands’ officials arrived and Brent got out of the vehicle to chase Sindile off the dog. When both hit the ground, Sindile and the dog ran off. The dog (which had likely come in from one of the communities bordering the Sabi Sands) as is mandatory, was found and euthanized two days later and eventually tested postive for rabies. Sindile was inoculated initially but the decision was eventually made to transfer him into a rehabilitation center, where he spent several months (at times it was believed he would not be eligible to be released). However, sometime in early 2016, he was released back into the system fitted with a radio transmitter collar which would intermittently give out GPS locations to researchers studying the movements of a dispersal age male leopard. Somehow, he managed to find his way back to his natal territory and was found this day on Djuma. Two days later, during a WE broadcast to the USA for Father’s Day, he was seen interacting with his mother, who had since given birth to a new cub. Shadow was calling for her new cub, but Sindile was responding to the calls himself, while Shadow was trying to prevent him from moving in the opposite direction. Sindile was seen several times throughout 2016 on the live safaris and was sighted for the last time on Valentine’s Day 2017 west of Djuma. The collar was supposed to fall off after a certain point in his growth but from my understanding, it did not and he had to be darted again to have it removed, which made him a bit more suspect of the vehicles than he had been. His current whereabouts are unknown, but he remains one of the most famous leopard of Djuma and Other Territories." (06-28-2021, 11:24 PM)Tonpa Wrote: What happened to him in the end? Disappeared into the Kruger? @Tonpa I also remember watching the wildearth lives back then in 2015 his mother Shadow was such a bad mother to me, she was mating with other males (possibly Tingana or whatever lol) while Sindile was all alone calling for her even the rangers were worried and surprised about it (I really hated Shadow for that lol). Although they likely met up again a few times, Sindile was alone most of the times and had to take care of himself and looked for his own food, I remember he stayed for a while in a sort of a ''fallen tree or branch'' and rangers already new the location he was and they suspected young Sindile was already preying on a few rodents in that area to survive and Sindile stayed at that exact same place all alone for a while, one day the rangers returned to that ''fallen tree/branch'' too see him and Sindile wasn't there anymore then everyone was worried ( including me ) but there were news of him later on. He was quite remarkable for me. There was also an interaction in July 2016 of him vs the old male Mvula (Possibly his father according to rangers). Mvula goes up the tree and kicked him out of the tree over a carcass. My boy Sindile vs Mvula.  *This image is copyright of its original author
Tristan Dicks is over in Dulini and witnessed a pretty sad sighting. Boulders females last remaining cub (her other cub disappeared a few weeks ago) was dead and hoisted in a tree. Ravenscourt was laying below the tree. He then climbed the tree and collected the cub and began to eat it on the ground. They found Thamba closeby and it was believed the he had killed the cub as Ravenscourt was suspected to be its father (although that hasn't stopped him in the past)
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Leopards
https://singita.com/2021/06/singita-sabi-sand-june-2021
Savanna June Update
https://savannalodge.com/wildlife-blog-june-2021/ We also have some youngsters in the leopard population! Tlangisa has a new litter and, although we have not seen her and her cubs much in the past few months, it seems that she is doing exceptionally well. She is her usual calm self, and it reflects in the way that the two young cubs are already extremely relaxed around the vehicles. Khokhovela has also been pretty scarce lately, but she was recently seen mating with Ravenscourt, so hopefully there may soon be some more cubs running around. Ravenscourt has been maintaining his dominance well in the west and seems to have picked up a bit with his patrols to the south, presumably in response to Thamba, who is putting pressure on him from the south. He still, however, spends most of his time along the river, where the conditions are most suited to him. He has also been getting some pressure from Euphorbia in the north, and we recently had a sighting of the two of them lying about 30 metres apart, growling at each other. What was interesting was that it was on the southern side of the river, i.e. more in Ravenscourt’s territory than Euphorbia’s and that Euphorbia did not seem to be backing down, but was holding his own. As mentioned before, Thamba is growing in size and is expanding his territory. He is definitely becoming much more confident and has made the south his own. It has been really good having a regular, relaxed and dominant male close to Savanna, and we see and hear him regularly. Nyelethi is still the dominant male to the east of Ravenscourt, and that boundary seems to have been settled some time ago. He is, however, getting on at 12 years old, and will be coming more and more under pressure from younger leopards. At this point, it is not clear where that pressure is going to come from, but for now he seems safe. One possibility is Hlambela, who is the son of Boulders, and is now three years old. Nyelethi will probably hold on for another year or two, which will mean that Hlambela will be four or five, which is about the time that he will be looking for a territory of his own. Another young male in the area is Scotia and Nyelethi’s son (I think he's called Kangela now). At just over two, he still has the ‘teenage’ gene in him and we recently had the privilege of watching him stalk and pounce at a rodent next to the road. It is always impressive to see the patience, opportunism and agility of these cats!
Maribye decided to hunt a Puff Adder and was unfortunately bitten on the paw. The guides are gonna keep us updated on what happens, hopefully since it was a paw bite it wont be fatal
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