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If you would like to find out more about the lion prides and coalitions in the area, please visit the Lion Database. We have been gathering information on some of them for the last two years. Many, many hours, days, months etc. has gone into researching all the various sites' sighting reports, newsletters as well as receiving help from people in the area that share their knowledge and help fill in the gaps. It's kind of like a giant jigsaw puzzle to trace the prides back in time in an effort to better understand their lives.
Hope you enjoy them and please visit the resource sites cited within the histories. Check back periodically to see if more mysteries unfold or to see the updates on them.
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Hope to add more in the future but it takes a very long time trying to track them as it seems almost every reserve has a different name for each pride, coalition or male. Until now, there was very little if any cross referencing of the prides and coalitions names. We have tried to share this so maybe you too can help in tracking them. :)
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I want to walk into the office of the CEO of Mpumalanga Parks Board next week, armed with your support and confirm our help to prevent senseless killings of wild unfenced Leopards throughout the province.
Next year will be our ten year anniversary and the biggest yet for the ILP. Provincial authorities have no funds or people to tackle the issues at hand and have asked for our help. We must act now to conserve the dwindling leopard population. Time is slipping away, but we need funds to tackle the problems and mobilise a team. That is why we have put together a membership scheme. Please make a small donation (your choice, but please don't hold back), and become a member of the ILP. You'll receive regular updates from the front line of wildlife conservation and a voucher worth $380 which you can redeem against a 2010 Wildlife Safari with On Track Safaris.
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I hope you are doing well. Just wanted to may be add some more confusion on current lion dynamics and numbers.
Today I found some information on the Elephant Plains Rangers Diary for July. There it is mentioned, that they have seen the Sandy Patch Female with FOUR healthy cubs, as well as the 2 Styx females (the ones separated from the bulk of the pride) with FOUR cubs (instead of the 2 we are knowing about). As always, the lion dynamics are exciting on one hand and somewhat confusing on the other with regards to numbers.
Best regards from Germany
Peter
to add on my previous post, here is the related information I found on the Simbambili Rangers Diary 19th-22nd of July:
Lion sightings have also been great this week, with the first sighting for some time of the Sandy Patch lioness and her 3 cubs, she frequents the area around Djuma but we often see her tracks in and out of our traversing area, so we were very lucky when see was seen on drive with her cubs. They are 2 females and a male, we can just only hope that she can raise them to adulthood and then we may see the beginnings of a new pride in the north of our area.
Best regards
Peter
it is pretty quiet on the lion discussion thread over the last couple of weeks, although there seems to be a lot of lion activity around Djuma.
Actually I am getting a bit confused on the reports of the Sandy Patch Female and her cubs. I think one of the recent reports (last week) indicated that she is around Vuyatela with all 3 cubs. In the video highlights of the 25th pm drive we can see her with only 2 cubs and Patrick telling us, that she has lost one cub already some time ago. Do you know what the story and the status is?
Thanks and best regards
Peter
In case you might have missed it, I've seekpointed updates and info on 3 n e w Lions in the area for you and Karen from the AM drive today. It runs from the seekpoint all the way to the very, very end of the 08:00 time slot.
Sharon
I just found this information on the Ulusaba Bush Telegraph:
Other great sightings included the Othawa pride and one Mapogo having killed an adult giraffe, which they fed on for more than a week. The young Sand River male also joined them at the kill, but as those of you who saw him would remember, he was in a really poor state, and could hardly muster the energy to feed, and unfortunately was found lying dead next to the carcass.
So very sad news while not unexpected, the young Sand River Male has passed away ... the last one of the pride! This happened sometime within the last 2 weeks.
Positive is the information in the same time frame the sighting of the Eyerfield Pride, all of them (7 sub adults + Solo + 3 females + Rollercoaster Male) have been spotted by the Ulusaba Rangers alive and doing well.
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Peter
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