Lions of Manyeleti

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(07-22-2021, 04:01 AM)RookiePundit Wrote: It is quite strange, if anything Manyeleti is emptier than before - Koppies pride gone, Skorro Breakaway could be too, or at least are probably elsehwere, Skorro I don't know about being sighted regularly, Orpen males gone, it is mostly just Mbiti, Nharus, Tintswalos, Red Road, Talamatis (+ Dark Manes) at times and more recently Imbalis and whatever the male situation with is. Plus the bigger Mbiri males made a visit. 

I get that Nharus are succesful with raising cubs so far and could bolster the numbers (if that generations stays put), but in general I believe we thought earlier this year Manyeleti is quite empty. Space wise at least, I don't know how much prey there is (interesting that most lions are shifting more and more south in Manyeleti, are northern parts barren?), maybe the poaching problem has something to do with it.

To me it sounds like a way to reduce inbreeding as it is likely applied to Mbiri females having related Tintswalo around them, but at the same time it is not a given they would tolerate them as mating partners (3 lionesses were all over the Mbiri big boy, though; although he is not much more distant relative either), but they might know something we don't. I hope it is a temporary thing and it won't function beyond its time slot.

There are just a few areas in the Greater Kruger National Park where the lion population has growth in numbers in the recent years. Sabi Sands, Klaserie and Timbavati Reply