divine54

yes - he was coming from the right and i think there was a water source. but still amazing how he was coping.....

i'll contact stanley's and ask whether the guides know something about this family especially because the mother was also quite slim and she was so reluctant to let them suckle...

i'll post as soon as i here something.

have a wonderful week!

here it's lousy cold and snow! yepeeh finally we got 20 cm last night.

div

divine54

dear nancie,

i have got news from stanley's/baines - but it's not good at all.......

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Two weeks ago, the mother left her 3 cubs hidden away in the thicket (one injured on one leg) and went away, presumably hunting.

Guests came across a pride of 8 lionesses feeding on a monkey, who had no idea 3 cubs were hidden a few meters from the lionesses. Cubs must have watched hungrily as the lionesses were feeding because after the lionesses were through, 3 cubs emerged from the nearby bushes to look for some left overs.

When the lionesses saw the cubs, they immediately went on the attacking mood. Two cubs managed to get away to safety, and the one limping couldn’t get away on time. Guests watched this gruesome wild experience as the 8 lionesses ripped the cub to pieces.

I remember now that guests and guides came back from the drive that day very very sad from the incident.

No, sadly the cub is not alive….

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it's so sad!

div

nanciej

Div,
That is heartbreaking. He was such a little trouper. The poor little guy. It happened when you were still there or just two weeks ago?

thanks for the update. I am going to make his picture my screensaver as a little tribute to his courage.

thanks
nj

nanciej

Div
After getting your sad news about that cool little cub, I decided to put a little tribute up on my website this morning with the pictures i had of the four of them. he just really made an impression on us. Feel free to check it out.
http://web.me.com/njwiggit/Site/Tribute.html

thanks again for finding our that news.

best
nancie

divine54

nancie
thank you for the link! it's wonderful to have him there and his story now lives on......

on 05 jan i sent an email and asked whether the guides have knowledge on the small family and buddy in particular.
on the 6th i got their response. so the incident must have happend around christmas.

keep well and regards also to linda!

div

it's sad you don't have a contact button on your site

nanciej

Div
Just added the contact button! Thanks for that.

cheers,
Nancie

tockoloshe

Nancie, have just tried to get your tribute page but get the message

'Sorry but we can't find the iWeb page you've requested.'

nanciej

Hmmm... weird. Sorry about that. I was working on updating something and there now seems to be something case sensitive interfering. I just copied this out of the browser and tested it so it should work...

http://web.me.com/njwiggit/site/Tribute.html

thanks for letting me know!

nancie

tockoloshe

Great! Been enjoying your comments and photos. I was a bit too quick to say I couldn't get the tribute link, I found it by going through your first link. Thanks!