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(11-24-2024, 10:52 PM)BA0701 Wrote: Oh boy, knew this was going to happen one of these days. Depending on how many of the Nkuhlus are in the area, Gijimas might want to respond, quickly.
If thats Styx female, based of nose color, it should be adult Bboys one, meaning she lost her cubs, again.
(11-24-2024, 10:52 PM)BA0701 Wrote: Oh boy, knew this was going to happen one of these days. Depending on how many of the Nkuhlus are in the area, Gijimas might want to respond, quickly.
If thats Styx female, based of nose color, it should be adult Bboys one, meaning she lost her cubs, again.
people on Facebook said she hasn't given borth yet and could be faking to distract him (Nkuhlu).
But i think you guys would know better, so did she have cubs recently?
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(11-24-2024, 08:13 PM)Ngonya Wrote: Nkuhlu male lion with Styx female
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Oh boy, knew this was going to happen one of these days. Depending on how many of the Nkuhlus are in the area, Gijimas might want to respond, quickly.
To be honest I think it would be better for all the lions involved if the Styx girls (or at least some of them) went with the Nkuhlus, as the Gijimas have more than enough lionesses and cubs to defend already. And the 4 or 5 lionesses of the Sand River pride were never going to keep the Nkuhlus occupied for long. It would have been better if all the Styx had mated with the Nkuhlus as now they might split, but I don't think the Gijimas could have defended 3 Southern, 4 Musuthlu, and 6 Styx lionesses, and all their cubs.
(11-24-2024, 08:13 PM)Ngonya Wrote: Nkuhlu male lion with Styx female
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Oh boy, knew this was going to happen one of these days. Depending on how many of the Nkuhlus are in the area, Gijimas might want to respond, quickly.
To be honest I think it would be better for all the lions involved if the Styx girls (or at least some of them) went with the Nkuhlus, as the Gijimas have more than enough lionesses and cubs to defend already. And the 4 or 5 lionesses of the Sand River pride were never going to keep the Nkuhlus occupied for long. It would have been better if all the Styx had mated with the Nkuhlus as now they might split, but I don't think the Gijimas could have defended 3 Southern, 4 Musuthlu, and 6 Styx lionesses, and all their cubs.
I don't think it matters much, Styx Pride only really started encountering Nkhulus since being seen in KNP, more so the younger females anyways, so unless they were to stay in KNP permanently, Gijimas are the better choice, for now. Gijimas can't keep Nkhulus out their territory and the same on the other side, so these meetings between prides and unknown males will, occasionally, continue to happen. As long as Gijimas keep their territory, the daughters sired by them in either of their 3 prides will most likely breakaway from their main pride and the best choice for them would be Nkhulus, as long as they're still a formidable force, so it's a win - win scenario. Ofc going forward, Nkhulus will want more females this very second, not in a few years, as in a few years time they could either try control all 3 prides Gijimas have, or try take Kambula and Ntsevu.
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This comes to my mind again as seeing K4 injured, what do you guys think about the policy of non-intervention in Greater Kruger should be change like in the Mara or other policy can be implimented?
*No intervention at all unless human cause.
*Fast Intervention like in the Masai Mara.
*Or other policy like wait until a week or days if the lion/leopard survive in that time then intervene and treat the said injury.
What you guys think would be the best in Greater Kruger as lion/leopard population is decreasing in the Greater Kruger especially in the Northen part of the Kruger?
11-25-2024, 06:55 PM( This post was last modified: 11-25-2024, 07:21 PM by KM600 )
(11-25-2024, 06:01 PM)sunless Wrote: This comes to my mind again as seeing K4 injured, what do you guys think about the policy of non-intervention in Greater Kruger should be change like in the Mara or other policy can be implimented?
*No intervention at all unless human cause.
*Fast Intervention like in the Masai Mara.
*Or other policy like wait until a week or days if the lion/leopard survive in that time then intervene and treat the said injury.
What you guys think would be the best in Greater Kruger as lion/leopard population is decreasing in the Greater Kruger especially in the Northen part of the Kruger?
The big problem is that Northern parts of KNP are unknown to most of us. It’s hard to track down these lions, and even harder to find injured lions.
If I was to advise them how to fix issues, I would focus on small reserves like Sandringham. It’s much easier to focus on small reserves, first, then say the whole Northern parts of KNP. Get these reserves up and running again, and u get less conflicts between lions in the Timbavati for example, as there’s much more space. Either that, or u can relocate lions in KNP into these small reserves to guarantee their safety. I think it should stick solely to intervention only when the injuries are man made too.
