the Selati coalition

[Potato]

The arrival of the Salati male lions in the Western sector of the Sabi Sands Game Reserve spelt the end for the three remaining Mapogo males. This was the biggest of the Selati males, and was taken the very first time they moved into the west from their natal Pride, the Southern Pride from the South of the Reserve. We had heard the stories and were waiting for them, listening to the reports from various lodges to the East as they moved slowly west over a period of a few weeks. Not long after this photo was taken, the infamous battle between the coalitions happened that saw Mr. T mauled and killed, and the last surviving 2 Mapogo become nomadic and move into the Kruger where they eventually would died of old age. As a coalition the Selati males never lived up to their promise, eventually ending with two of them established in the #manyeletigamereserve for a few years, there place being taken in the sands by the arrival of the #machingalane males. #wildlife photographic #safaris would have been amazing had they managed to hang onto their territory a little while longer. @sigmaphoto_sa #sigmaphoto_sa

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