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The Cat Report: 17 - 23 March 2018

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Channel: WildEarth · 2018 · Pets & Animals

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There’s a storm brewing in the Northern Sabi Sand… And I’m not talking about the kind that may bring rain. The Avoca coalition of lions are swiftly moving in and if the Birmingham boys are not careful they may lose part of their territory. 

The Birmingham males first arrived during the winter of 2015, since then they have had a relatively easy life up in the North with no young up starts trying to pry their way between the Nkuhuma, Styx and Torchwood prides… well until now. The Birmingham’s have been seen venturing south towards the Sabi river, best they turn around and come back or else the Avoca males will pose a threat to the Styx cubs and the youngest Nkuhuma cub. The Avoca’s seem to be familiarising themselves with the north western corner of Djuma as well as the resident herds of buffalo - they had a sit down dinner with a sub adult cow this week.

In other spotted news, the Xidulu female seems to have disappeared just as quickly as she arrived! A scuffle was heard by the bush walk team, they got a quick glimpse of her as she descended a marula tree. The next thing she had a half eaten duiker kill clutched between her There’s a storm brewing in the Northern Sabi Sand… And I’m not talking about the kind that may bring rain. The Avoca coalition of lions are swiftly moving in and if the Birmingham Boys are not careful they may lose part of their territory. 

The Birmingham males first arrived during the winter of 2015, since then they have had a relatively easy life up in the North with no young upstarts trying to pry their way between the Nkuhuma, Styx and Torchwood prides… well until now. The Birminghams have been seen venturing south towards the Sabi river, best they turn around and come back or else the Avoca males will pose a threat to the Styx cubs and the youngest Nkuhuma cub. The Avocas seem to be familiarising themselves with the north western corner of Djuma as well as with the resident herds of buffalo - they had a sit down dinner with a sub adult cow this week.

In other spotted news, the Xidulu female seems to have disappeared just as quickly as she arrived! A scuffle was heard by the bush walk team, they got a quick glimpse of her as she descended a marula tree. The next thing she had a half-eaten duiker kill clutched between her jaws and raced up the next marula tree, all that was left was a puzzled hyena glancing up at her. 

After not seeing Kuchava for many months, I was excited to find out that she had a cub and made it my mission to try and find her. After being pointed in the right direction we stumbled across her and a duiker she caught that morning. A not so pleasant surprise visit from the Styx Pride sent Kuchava running as the lions charged in and devoured the remains of the carcass. One lioness made it her mission to search for Kuchava. Yet the leopardess was too quick and sneaky for the bigger tawny cats and watched them from the safety of a termite mound. I bet she learnt a lot from that terrifying experience, we can only hope her cub was hidden safely.

Thandi and her newly named darling, Tlalamba, have been lying low the past few days, only leaving behind tracks - for good reason. Hukumuri has been a busy lad bouncing from property to property making his name known, he recently introduced himself to arguably the largest leopard in the Sabi Sand, Mr Anderson. No one witnessed a fight between the two, they were seen strolling side by side. However the hole left behind in the Anderson Male’s lip and ear say otherwise. This would explain the disappearance of Shadow and her daughter - NotBarbara, there is a possibility that the two of them have moved further south, while her sister Thandi and Tlalamba are creeping into the the East.

I was left puzzled the other morning when I had clear tracks of a big male leopard and a young male scent marking along a boundary road, this is where it gets strange… Young Hosana was following the scent of his father and marking over his freshly sprayed urine. A bit cheeky don’t you think? Tingana is looking healthy and actively hunting waterbuck around Chitwa Chitwa, Hosana has also checked into the lodge where he has been dining on a bushbuck at the health spa. Talk about customer service!

Written by: Tayla Jane McCurdy

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