LIONS - Nkorho & Elephant Plains Area

 This is a great information source thread and it sounds like some of you have quite a bit of information about the lions prides in the Sabi Sands. I have two questions that I wonder if anyone knows the answer to.

 

First, I heard that it was reported that one of the Mapogos was killed by a buffalo in the area of Londolozi. However, I also heard that it might not have been the case. II have not been able to verify this on any of the reserve sites, has anyone seen this reported anywhere or heard anything more concrete? 

 

Second, I just read this on the Mala Mala site this afternoon. Does anyone possibly know if this new male subadult is possibly from the pride that is known as Tsalala on other reserves? They call it Marthly here but I know they have different names sometimes. 

 

Eyrefield pride and male from the Marthly pride– 18 January 2009

The Eyrefield pride was found on the new airstrip in the afternoon. The pride had been looking at a herd of impala, but were spotted. They chose instead to rather rest on the tarmac. The young male is now fully intergrated with the pride, and although there is still some hesitancy on the his part, the cubs happily approach him and involve him in their mock battles. The male is from a pride that used to live on MalaMala called the Marthly pride. They now live to the west of MalaMala. This male lion was pushed out of his natal pride by two of the Eyrefield males which have taken over the pride.

In the evening the cats got active and walked north along the airstrip, stopping every so often to check for prey species. Some impala were seen, but the cubs’ antics gave the lions away.

Posted by bushie 29 January 2009

1 young male from the Windmill Pride thanks to Mike for the info and help in ID the lions for us - photo by bushie  

Windmill Pride consists 3 young males, 2 young females and 3 adult females, one of the females is presumed to be pregnant and out on her own but she is part of this pride - photo by bushie 

Windmill Pride - photo by bushie 

 

 

 

Posted by bushie 29 January 2009

Manyeleti Male injured during a fight broken back right leg 

Photo taken by bushie- 8 January 2009 Last seen 15 January 2009 other male has been seen twice since but on his own

 

 

Thank You  Aquilla.

Now if you hear anything about the Manyeleti Brothers.

Please Tell us!

Last i heard 1 is OK and second has a broken leg.

 

 

 

A little information on the Windmill pride. This pride use to frequent the Mala Mala area but then moved into Kruger with only an occasional visit back into Mala Mala for the past year or more.

The breakdown on the original pride:

3 Adult Lionesses ages unknown
2 sub adult males approximately 2 yrs 7 months
2 sub adult females approximately 2 yrs 7 months
1 sub adult male approximately 2 yrs 4 months

Not sure where the missing adult female is as there was no mention of how many of the pride returned to the area just a couple of weeks ago.

Will be interesting to follow and see if the other adult lioness rejoins them.

Hello all.

Seems that Penny2 was staying in the Nkorho lodge with some lions 7? ?

Anyway it seems that a new unknown pride entered NK..

7 lions Unknown. But Jacques did an investigation.. ( as far as i know) and we have  a new Pride of lions..  The Windmill pride.

As far as i know they showed up as newbies EXACTLY under the guest room off Penny2. 

*This post was edited by Ingwe*

 

 

Hi Donna, I sure hope Sandy Patch can raise these cubs to adulthood. Would be lovely for her to be a part of a pride again.

Those Styx girls.... they are notorious for killing leopards and now Wild Dogs? Seems they make up their own rules for survival but hey... the pride has been in existence for well over 2 1/2 decades so they must do something right. Hope they too can raise their cubs to adulthood and finally put the "bad moms" reputation to rest.

Had to chuckle about how they ambushed the two Mapogo males. LOL

What a happy story Aquila!! Sandy Patch is a story of perseverance and those Styx Girls are my heroines!! Just wish it hadn't involved the Wild Dogs

For those that know and follow the lone Sandy Patch female, she was seen by Rangers from Djuma this morning Dec. 18th with 3 cubs. She's not alone anymore.

Also, there is an interesting report on the Styx pride and how they protected their cubs from 2 of the Mapogo males on Dec. 7th here on the Mala Mala site.

I sure do love them Donna! They are magnificent!!!