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Smudge looks great! Kind of reminds me of the 5th. That long mane and big elbow tufts! Good looking lions! Glad they've overcome their health issues for the most part.
January 5th, 2025 at Lion Sands with the Pale Nkuhlu male #6 and 3 Sand River females.
Apparently barely any cubs at the Sand River pride, if any then no info, unfortunately.
MALAMALA GAME RESERVE | GAME REPORT | December - 2024
THE SAND RIVER PRIDE = 5
2 ADULT FEMALES ± 6 YEARS 5 MONTHS
1 ADULT FEMALE 4 YEARS 11 MONTHS
1 ADULT FEMALE 4 YEARS 4 MONTHS
1 SUB-ADULT FEMALE 3 YEARS 4 MONTHS
SOUTHERN CHARLESTON
(2 sightings) "On the 19th, they were with one Nkuhlu male at River Rocks and one lioness was mating with an [i]Nkuhlu male on the Charleston Toulon Boundary, east of the Sand River on the 23rd"[/i] THE NKUHLU MALES = 5
2 ADULT MALES ± 6 YEARS 4 MONTHS
3 ADULT MALES ± 5 YEARS 4 MONTHS
CHARLESTON Dominant over the Sand River pride. First encountered on MalaMala Game Reserve in 2022 (5 sightings) "Only five of these males have been seen regularly for the last few months. Four members of this coalition were in F Bend Open Area on the 1st and one male was in Ingwe Donga on the 3rd. One male was with the Sand River pride at River Rocks on the 19th and two of them were finishing a kudu kill in this area the next day. On the 23rd, two males were with one Sand River lioness, one of which was mating with her, on the Charleston Toulon Boundary, east of the Sand River."
