Other male lion coalitions from Masai Mara

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(10-19-2024, 04:02 AM)Rui Ferreira Wrote: If done by people, I find it hard to believe that poachers would sedate the lion and cut the tail off rather than killing the animal, glad they didnt, thank god they didnt , but weird for sure

So in the Mara there a bands of insane criminal people that ride into the park at night on motor bikes. They are armed with pangas which are basically their version of machetes and they have big bright lights. They ride up quick and shine those bright lights at the lions which disorient them. This allows them to get up close and personal which, this is my speculation, could be how a tail of a lion could be basically sliced and surgically removed.  Muguro Boys Mdogo, a perfect example of a slicing by  pangas.  This is information shared to me by guides in the area.  These people are absolutely insane and 100% HATE lions, weapons, elephants, hippos, and all the animals that they deemed trouble for them. They could care less if the harm these animals. 

How else, besides infection of a lions tail and falling off over time could a lions tail be precision removed? Vet intervention could be but nothing reported. Hyena chewing off a tail that close to his body I highly, highly doubt.  I've seen in videos hyenas biting down on their tails but not right onto the total end by his butt. Reply