Early on Sunday morning the Southern Lion Pride took down a sub-adult Buffalo Bull, just outside Trails Camp on the Lion Sands reserve. The Southern Pride consists of seven members, two males and five females, all of which were present during the kill. The Pride did not hesitate to feed and made short work of the Buffalo, reducing it to skin and bones after just two days. This was surprising as spent much of their time sleeping, belly up, in the shade of the surrounding trees.
On the third day, we arrived at the kill, only to find that our Lions had been chased of the carcass by a Clan of Hyena. Hyenas are apex predators and bring down more prey than Lion, but when their numbers are high and there is an opportunity, they will not hesitate to scavenge a kill. They must have located the kill during the night and successfully chased the Lions from the kill, allowing them to feed in peace on the little scraps that were left. 
These scraps were quickly devoured, much of which was skin and bones, with one Hyena even carrying off the skull and vertebrae to feed in peace, far away from its noisy companions.
This kill provided us with excellent Lion and Hyena sightings for three days, but there was one more surprise. 70 Vultures had congregated in the surrounding trees, hoping to claim a small morsel. Amongst them was a White-headed Vulture, which is an extremely rare sighting in and around Lion Sands.
These encounters were sighted at: www.sunsafaris.com/lionsandsriverlodge.html or www.sunsafaris.com/lionsandsivorylodge.html
