Other male lion coalitions from Masai Mara

[BigLion39]

(10-06-2024, 10:26 PM)BA0701 Wrote: While I am in no way saying you are wrong, or questioning what you said, merely asking out of curiosity, as I simply have never seen such a thing happen before, certainly not with other lions. You, obviously, know way more about the happenings in the Mara than I, but, why, as @Duco Ndona also asked, would someone intentionally take a lions tail, is there some voodoo medicine value on the black market, along the lines of bear livers, etc...?

Chinese use all sorts of lion parts for their voodoo type medicine. I only speculated on that but to have 2 lions in almost the same exact area have their tails 100%, so to speak, precision removed is suspect. I know fact that criminals in Kenya enter the park on motor bikes armed with bright lights and pangas. They find lions, blind them with the lights and slash them with the pangas. This info came directly from guides in the Mara. Example; Muguro Boys Mdogo.  So its not out of the realm of possibility that just to cause trouble at a minimum, filled with hate for those animals, their tails were cut off. Could be a stretch on my part but I wouldn't rule it out. 

The Chinese market for lion parts is extremely big and fruitful. Had a big influence in poaching. 


Pilipili and his unrelated parpartner, famous Marsh pride male Rafiki were poached in Lemek conservancy in 2020/1.... confirmed.

Green Eyes, Rekero Boy, son of Notch boys snared 2 times, I forget exactly the conservancy but I think either in MNC, Lemek, or Olarro. Reply