It is remarkable how much animal movements can change because of an offspring growing up… With the Shobele prides’ sub-adults reaching their two-and-a-half year milestone they need larger prey to sustain all seven of them. Suddenly they realized how challenging it could be to find prey larger than impalas and they had to adapt by covering great distances at night in order to find food. They have been seen on a regular basis and they appear to be in very good condition! Common prey at this stage includes Kudu, Waterbuck and Zebra.
The Machaton pride has not been seen much lately, however it appears that one of the adult females is very close to giving birth! Hopefully this will happen within close range. The three Timbavati brothers are continuing their claim of authority in the South and it is probably just a matter of time before they decide to try and expand further to the North. They will have to get past the Shobele male though, however the odds are unfortunately against him but the old boy still has a few tricks in his mane… Watch this space for more exciting news coming up soon.
These Sightings have been viewed at: Kings Camp
