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Lions of Sabi Sands
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I don't think they are big enough to mate with females.. They need sometime to gain confidence and get stronger.
If the three stay together for few months safely they have a very good chance of taking over a territory
but the tsalalas are 3 males and look how the avocas being 2 are doing a lot of trouble over sabi sands and defeated the adult matshapiris. and the avocas and tsalalas seems to be same age of avocas. anyway with the charlestons together its really hard they take the area but mazino and his brother are separated by the mating right fights! and nobody know when and if mazino will come back to reunite with his brother as they are fighting a lot for women. a good chance to the tsalalas!
MALAMALA TODAY: June 30th. The roars of lions have dominated the night skies over MalaMala recently and last night was no different. Lions could be heard through the night both opposite and south of Main Camp. This time the culprits opposite camp were 3 of the Gowrie males! It's been a while since we've viewed the coalition this far south and they meant business. The Fourways pride were seen near Buffalo Bush Dam. 1 lioness and 3 cubs of the Eyrefield pride were found at KK Crossing. 3 leopards: the Accipiter male was 'strutting his stuff' north of West Street Bridge- he was salivating profusely, a clear indication that another male leopard was nearby. An unidentified female was seen on southwestern Charleston and an unidentified male was hunting warthogs south of Rattray's Camp. A massive 4 meter African Rock Python was discovered in Piccadilly Triangle. The viewing at Clarendon Open Area also deserves a mention as this vast plain was littered with animals- 7 giraffe, 2 herds of zebra, an ostrich, warthogs, a herd of elephants and a hyena. It was magic! Video by ranger Gary Hill @garyhillsa #malamalagamereserve #itsallaboutthewildlife
CAN ANYBODY FILL ME IN ON THE HISTORY BETWEEN THE CHARLESTON AND SOUTHERN PRIDES ? I KNOW ABOUT THE SOUTHERN PRIDE WIPING OUT THE CHARLESTONS IN LATE 2011 BUT CANT SEEM TO FIND ANY REPORTS OR HISTORY NO MATTER WHAT I GOOGLE. IN MY EFFORTS TO PIECE TOGETHER LION DYNAMICS AND HISTORY SINCE 2010 I HAVE FOUND OUT MUCH ABOUT SOUTHERN SABI SANDS ( TOULONS,KNP MALES,SAND RIVER MALES/PRIDE ) BUT IF ANYONE COULD POST A REPORT OR JUST REPLY WITH A SUMMARY OF THE EVENTS IN YOUR OWN WORDS IT WOULD REALLY HELP ME OUT SOUTHERN PRIDE KILLS CHARLESTON LIONESS I THINK THEY KILLED 3 IN ONE MONTH SOMETIME IN LATE 2011
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Credits to Matthew Poole - Photowildsa.
One of the young Marthly male lions scanning across the Sand River for any potential prey!  *This image is copyright of its original author
Credits to Londolozi Blog.
Sparta Pride On the Brink: By James Tyrrell. When leopards get displaced by stronger individuals, we start seeing them popping up in areas we wouldn’t expect them. Old males that get ousted by younger challengers and young males that get pushed out by their fathers start to show a complete lack of pattern in their movements. Even females that are looking to set up territory far from their mother’s surprise us with their wanderings. The same can be said for male lions too, as young males and older coalitions whose tenure has come to an end start to be recorded as outliers on the map, as a life of non-territoriality starts to become the norm for them. When dealing with lion prides themselves, it is not often that the females and their cubs get entirely displaced, yet it seems as if that is what has virtually happened to the Sparta pride. The pride that once formed the mainstay of lion viewing on Londolozi has become but a shadow of their former selves; semi-nomads who appear at random on all points of the map, reduced to two adult females and their three cubs. The older female and one of the cubs keep watch on a nearby group of wildebeest and impala on a grey afternoon.  *This image is copyright of its original author The last couple of years have been rocky for them to say the least. The Mantimahle coalition killed one of the male cubs of the pride recently, while one of the adult females was killed during a clash with the Ntsevu pride, just beyond Londolozi’s southern boundary. To really get into the causes of their turbulent recent history, we have to go back in time to when the Majingilane left Londolozi and moved west. The Sparta pride were left alone, without a dominant coalition, and it wasn’t long before new males began moving in, with a succession of Styx, Fourways and then Matshipiri males all laying successive claims. The older female from the pride, instantly recognizable by her paler fur colour.  *This image is copyright of its original author When the dust of the Majingilane’s departure finally settled, the Matimba males were in control in Londolozi’s northern reaches, where the Tsalala pride live, and the Sparta pride remained in the south, under the control of the new Matshipiri males, with whom they soon birthed cubs. Whereas the Majingilane had been dominant over both the Tsalala and Sparta prides simultaneously, allowing for a bit more freedom of movement of the two prides, the new situation of rival coalitions ruling over the respective groups of females created a buffer zone of sorts through central Londolozi, within which we didn’t often encounter lions, each pride choosing to remain in the safe area under their own coalition’s protections, unwilling to put their cubs at risk. This unused zone was where the Ntsevu pride began moving once they began looking to establish a territory for themselves, and after mating with both Matimba and Matshipiri coalitions, it seemed they had now firmly squeezed themselves into a significant portion of the Sparta pride’s old territory. I know that’s difficult to follow, but the below map should help clear it up:  *This image is copyright of its original author To sum up as concisely as humanly possible, the Ntsevu pride essentially moved into the no-man’s land between both prides during 2016, and being a bigger pride, forced the Sparta lionesses further south, killing one of them in the process. Now we see the Ntsevu females roaming over the area in which the Sparta females spent the majority of their time. The Sparta pride, whilst popping up here and there on Londolozi, have for the most part been spending their time to the south and east of us, being seen on neighbouring reserves and even wandering into the Kruger National Park on occasion. The Tsalala pride have fallen on hard times in their past, often being made up of only two females. Yet somehow they have managed to persist. Can the Sparta pride do the same through this, probably the most vulnerable period they have faced in the last 20 years?
Tsalala cubs giving us ample opportunity to take brilliant photos of them
Credits: Dawie Jacobs  *This image is copyright of its original author
Tsalala Breakaway Young Males - Kirkman's Camp - Guide Matthew Chris Smith - 5 Jul 2017
The 3 Marthly Males walking across the Sand River straight towards our vehicle  *This image is copyright of its original author
Tsalala Breakaway Young Male - Kirkman's Camp - Guide Matthew Poole - 5 Jul 2017
A young male lion from the Marthly coalition stops and scans the Sand River before crossing into new territory!  *This image is copyright of its original author
WILDLIFE REPORT SINGITA SABI SAND,SOUTH AFRICA For the month of June 2017
Photographs on location by Ross Couper, Michelle Campbell, Wesley Cragg Singita Ebony and Boulders Lodge Here’s a highlights package of the month: Lions: Prolific lion sightings were had not only due to the large variety of kills the lions were viewed feeding on, but also a number of different individuals that are seldom seen – both lionesses from unknown prides and young coalition males possibly seeking new territories. The Majingilane males continue their stronghold in this area, though were seen returning from the east Othawa Pride Sad news from the month is that the Ottawa pride have lost one of their cubs – they are now down to two youngsters, two sub-adults and two adult lionesses. Othawa pride (Photo by Johan D.L.R)  *This image is copyright of its original author Mhangeni pride Mhangeni pride in full force moving through the reserve in search of the buffalo herds. The proximity to watch these lions act out in their natural behaviour is a privilege.  *This image is copyright of its original author
Tsalala pride on safari this afternoon at Elephant Plains Game Lodge
Credits: Elephant Plains Game Lodge  *This image is copyright of its original author
Othawa pride
Credits: Nkorho Bush Lodge Looks like one of the younger cub is missing. In every litter they are losing a cub. One of the lioness cant; breed. Its only 1 breeding lioness now and a subadult female. I hope the younger cubs will grow into independence. Hoping Majis will hang on till that time.  *This image is copyright of its original author
Tsalala Young Male - Sabi Sabi Game Reserve
Kairav Engineer - 6 Jul 2017 Lions once lived in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, North America, and Northern India. Now lions primarily live in Africa, aside from a small population (estimated between 600-700) of Asiatic lions that live in India's Gir National Park.  *This image is copyright of its original author
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