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06-09-2024, 01:10 AM( This post was last modified: 06-09-2024, 01:11 AM by KM600 )
(06-09-2024, 12:43 AM)Cath2020 Wrote: Lest we forget the unforgettable stories of unrelated males: Hercules/Sumatra, Thandi Impi, the Orpens (even though theirs was cut short...but they had offspring between them reach adulthood). Any other unrelated success stories I forgot or don't know of?
Cecil and Jericho from Hwange, Zimbabwe. From the book I’ve read, Cecil and his brother Leander had come into contact with Jericho and his 3 other brothers (one of them could have actually been misidentified as his father). Cecil had fatally injured one of his rivals and his rivals fatally injured Leander. Two of Jerichos brothers were poached leaving him all alone. Him and Cecil disappeared for a year and when spotted again, they had joined together and were dominant males of a big pride. Cecil was eventually poached himself by an American dentist and Jericho died of natural causes.