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~~fursan syed~~ · 11-01-2016, 05:35 PM

(11-01-2016, 05:15 PM)Georgel Wrote: Dear @~~fursan syed~~, unfortunately I have only one like vote, but let me say that all your posts in this thread are truly remarkable. You brought us a lot information I've never seen before. Congratulations!

Your welcome my brother. Thanks for appreciation.

Ngala · 11-01-2016, 05:58 PM

@~~fursan syed~~ What is the year that Dreadlocks is disappeared? What is the date that were discovered the skins?

@"Majingilane" Tegwaan is a male born in 2003; he take over and dominate parts of the territory of his father, the Wallingford male, in the western sector.

Tshokwane · 11-01-2016, 06:02 PM

(11-01-2016, 05:58 PM)Ngala Wrote: Tegwaan is a male born in 2003; he take over and dominate parts of the territory of his father, the Wallingford male, in the western sector.

Thank you, I did hear about the Wallingford male.

Quote:What is the year that Dreadlocks is disappeared?

Around November 2010, at least between November and the first weeks of December they started to notice he was missing.

Ngala · 11-01-2016, 06:17 PM

Thanks Majingilane. It's very interesting, because in many sources i found that the Tegwaan male was last seen in December 2010.

I think that this news (that the skin of the leopard was identified in the Tegwaan male) it has never been made public before.

~~fursan syed~~ · 11-01-2016, 06:40 PM

(11-01-2016, 06:17 PM)Ngala Wrote: Thanks Majingilane. It's very interesting, because in many sources i found that the Tegwaan male was last seen in December 2010.

I think that this news (that the skin of the leopard was identified in the Tegwaan male) it has never been made public before.

Yes this news of poaching of tegwaan leopard and dreadlocks mapogo is never made public by officials of sabi sands. Because its bad for their buisness. Willem botha speak about it after 5 years of silence and i personally questioned many officials about it. I also have captured the remarks of colleen holland about these poachings in photos.

~~fursan syed~~ · 11-01-2016, 11:21 PM

(10-18-2016, 09:44 PM)Pckts Wrote: The Mapogos - Lions of Sabi Sand
What else can we say about the Killer Mapogos?
(Willem Botha & rangers during a medical examination of

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? Makhulu)
"During the time that I was Head of Anti Poaching in the Sabi Sands and did problem animal control in the entire reserve, I counted more than 100 other lions killed by the Mapogo’s. I myself had to shoot 13 lions who’s backs were broken by the Mapogos and left to die a horrible death. One such lion had to be shot in Exeter River Lodge camp as he was lying on the footpath leading to a guest room.
Myself and Dr Jonathan Swart was probably the first in the Western Sector to encounter the Mapogo’s as we walked into them one evening when we were tracking pangolin armed with nothing but tourches and a telemitry.
I witnessed the Mapogo’s kill a female on Singita near Exeter Portion 5 after she was thought not to be submissive enough to the Mapogo’s. Once she was killed, one of the Mapogo’s mated with her and then they started feeding on her. This was also witnessed by Ds Jurgens De Jager from the NG Church i White River as him and his daughter accompanied me that evening.
I also witnessed the Mapogo’s kill an entire pride of lions on Picanini Utha. I can not remember howmany lions were in the pride. They went out to kill the cubs but the females tried to protect the cubs and they were killed as well.
On more than one occassion the Sand River Pride were driven out of the Sabi Sands by the Mapogo’s. 5 Were shot in April 2006 and the rest of the Sand River Pride were shot in January 2009 after they were driven out by the Mapogos and started feeding on cattle in Dumphries Village.
The Mapogos brought me many hours of joy as they were great males.
I was lucky to be able to dart all of them and to inoculate them against Rabies when there was an outbreak of the disease in and arround the Sabi Sands from November 2007 to May 2009.
Andrew Schoeman made a great video of the Mapogo’s intimidating a Hippo untill it got out of the water at Othawa Causeway where they caught it.
They also caught a Rhino near Robsons dam.
They may be gone but their memories live on!"
by Willem Botha

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Note: According to Willem Botha he counted 90 to 110 lions killed by mapogos when he was Head of Anti poaching in SS . he retires in january 2010 . his figures excluding the unknown lion causalities by western mapogos and mlowathis in 2010 also the death of fifth Majingilane , Probably Limper KNP male and Killing of 14 out of 17 cubs from the Ximunghue pride by Mr T when he returned to his brothers in west.

~~fursan syed~~ · 11-02-2016, 11:48 AM

Like Fathers (West Street Males Mapogo Fathers) Like Sons (The Mapogos)

Born around 1990, The West Street Males (five of them at the time) took over from the Manyeleti Males in 1998, probably as 8-year old lions, and they gave great stability to the Eyrefield Pride, siring a good many youngsters, of which a healthy number survived. The West Street Maleswill certainly be long remembered as one of the most successful coalitions of male lions that Mala Mala has seen.

by Rich Laburn

"In the early 1990’s, two dominant male lions controlled the territory throughout Londolozi. Known only as the Black Maned and Golden Maned males, the pair were formidable and very much in control of the lion dynamics. It was however the fence between the Sabi Sands and Kruger National Park that would change everything. Up until 1992 the fence had limited the movement of game between these vast tracts of wilderness, fragmenting the 6 million hectares of open wilderness that we currently enjoy today.

Shortly after the fence had been removed, nomadic and rogue male lions began to push further west from the Kruger National Park into the Sabi Sands. And on one fateful night, a coalition of 5 male lions journeyed west to setup a territory for themselves.

Londolozi General Manager, Chris Kane Berman, was a ranger during this period and he recalls the event: “We had spent the afternoon with the two males and it wasn’t long after dinner in the boma that we heard them vocalizing again. Roaring deep into the night, the calls were however suddenly rebutted with the sound of new males steadily advancing east of our boundary. When we headed out at first light there were lion tracks everywhere. These tracks led us to, what is today known as, Tsalala Pan. Scattered around the pan were 5 new male lions lying around the dead bodies of two previously dominant males.

It wash’t long before two of the males lifted their heads and vocalized once again. The remainder of the lions then got up and attacked the carcasses of the two established males who they had obviously fought and killed during the night. Interestingly, this behavior continued throughout the day. By the time this new coalition left the scene, they had already fed off of them and were quite content to let a nearby crocodile as well as hyenas finish off the remains. As dusk broke, all 5 males stood up and declared their dominance by roaring into the night.” #MalaMala #londolozi

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