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The Charleston Males and Their Male Lineage
The Charleston Males and Their Male Lineage
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The Charleston Males and Their Male Lineage
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From: Big on wild
Posted on September 19, 2018 Big On Wild Charleston Male Lion Found with a Snare Last week it was reported by the group Enough is Enough that a male lion was seen with a snare around his mane, unfortunately since his last sighting no one has seen this male again. The male lion turned out to be Mazino from the Charleston coalition.  *This image is copyright of its original author The Charleston males are a coalition of two male lions, they were born in April of 2011 in the southern parts of MalaMala Game Reserve, no one is sure who fathered these males as some say the Toulon male, while others say the Kruger male.  *This image is copyright of its original author ©Sabi Sands
They didn’t have an easy start to life; in 2012 the Charleston pride was killed by the Selati pride after a battle between the two prides occurred. The only surviving members of the Charleston pride left were the two 9 month old Charleston male lions and their aunt. She took responsibility in raising these two lions. They were born in an area in the reserve known as Charleston, and they were named according to the territory that their maternal pride held before them, that is why they are referred to as the Charleston Coalition. The two males were easy to identify because the one male, known as Mazino, which means “tooth” in Shangaan language, had a canine tooth which hanged off his lower jaw.  *This image is copyright of its original author Mazino ©Sabi Sands
The other male is known as “Big Boy” as he is the bigger male between the two and he is also the more dominant.  *This image is copyright of its original author Big Boy ©Sabi Sands
 *This image is copyright of its original author ©Sabi Sands
Many believe that around 2014-2015, Mazino was kicked in the corner of his jaw by the hoof of a giraffe, causing his tooth to hangout. The event was never witnessed, so the only one to know what really happened is Mazino. In 2015 the two Charleston male took over the Southern pride from the two Fourways males, and they established a territory in the southern part of Sabi Sands. Since June-July of 2017, the Charleston males have been seen spending most of their time inside the Kruger Park, around the S1, S65 and Paul Kruger Gate area.  *This image is copyright of its original author Big Boy seen on the S1 in KNP ©Big on Wild
They abandoned their territory in Sabi Sands as well as the Southern pride, which they are the pride males of. The reason they left their pride is to find new females to mate with, as the Southern pride lioness were nursing cubs. The only problem with that is that other male lions from Sabi Sands are most likely to take over the pride. The last time the Charleston males were seen in Sabi Sands was after the three Avoca males were heard roaring around their area. A couple of months ago when the two males were spotted back in the Kruger, many visitors did not recognize them at first because Mazino’s tooth had finally fallen out. We hope that he is found soon and they are able to remove the snare. If you happen to spot him please report it to Lize from Enough is Enough her number is 082 458 6227 and she will report it to the appropriate people. 
Excellent post. Glad to see these males are still going strong. I was very fortunate to see these two when I visited lion sands in 2015. Literally feet away from them and got to hear them roaring. Amazing. Very powerful males and hope they still have a good few years left in them
So if they have given up the southern pride, have another coalition taken over ? I assume the Charleston cubs have been killed ?
 
Charleston Male On Patrol
Posted:- 26/11/18 - By:- Adrian Brink  *This image is copyright of its original author Charleston Male On Patrol Posted:- 26/11/18 - By:- Adrian Brink  *This image is copyright of its original author
(11-30-2018, 01:18 AM)Pckts Wrote: Charleston Male On Patrol whts their age they are looking so healthy? nice good looking males
Very sad news to share and I hope I was wrong! One of the Charleston male found injured badly at his back, (unrecoverable broken spine), most probably due to the result of attack by more than 1 male lions. He has been euthanized later.
Someone spread a rumor on Facebook that one of the Charleston males has been euthanized this morning having a broken back. Beside the uncommon practice of the KNP rangers to euthanize injured lions, which makes me have doubts on the veracity of this info, I'd like to know if anyone else heard something about this.
(05-25-2019, 01:26 AM).AbcXyz Wrote: Someone spread a rumor on Facebook that one of the Charleston males has been euthanized this morning having a broken back. Beside the uncommon practice of the KNP rangers to euthanize injured lions, which makes me have doubts on the veracity of this info, I'd like to know if anyone else heard something about this. I read the same thing and there seems to be a consensus that it was Mazino and that the injuries were "natural." Also the lion couldn't move and had a broken back. From the posted images, I don't see any fight wounds may be a freak hunting accident? Either way, I hope this isn't true. [EDIT]: The images are not of an injured Mazino but rather from a few weeks ago. [EDIT]: Some claim it was Big Boy. So even more confusion. Either way given the confusion, I hope this is false and people just repeating hearsay.
The last info says that the euthanized male lion is Mazino.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMQ3F5ly...pp=desktop He has no visible injury, that's why I think he wasn't involved in a fight. |
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