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December 2011

MARTHLY PRIDE = 15

3 ADULT FEMALES UNKNOWN AGES
4 SUB FEMALES 2 YEARS 9 MONTHS
4 CUBS 11 MONTHS
4 CUBS 7 MONTHS

MARTHLY (0 sightings)

There were no sightings of this pride for the month.

MARTHLY PRIDE = 15

3 ADULT FEMALES UNKNOWN AGES
4 SUB FEMALES 2 YEARS 8 MONTHS
4 CUBS 10 MONTHS
4 CUBS 6 MONTHS

MARTHLY (0 sightings)

There were no sightings of this pride for the month.

October 2011

MARTHLY PRIDE = 15

3 ADULT FEMALES UNKNOWN AGES
4 SUB FEMALES 2 YEARS 7 MONTHS
4 CUBS 9 MONTHS
4 CUBS 5 MONTHS

MARTHLY (0 sightings)

There were no sightings of this pride for the month.

September 2011

MARTHLY PRIDE = 15

3 ADULT FEMALE UNKNOWN AGES
4 SUB FEMALES 2 YEARS 6 MONTHS
4 CUBS 8 MONTHS
4 CUBS 4 MONTHS

MARTHLY (0 sightings)

There were no sightings of this pride for the month.

August 2011

MARTHLY PRIDE = 15

3 ADULT FEMALE UNKNOWN AGES
4 SUB FEMALES 2 YEARS 5 MONTHS
4 CUBS 7 MONTHS
4 CUBS 3 MONTHS

MARTHLY (1 sighting)

There was only one sighting of some of the pride members this month. The two separated females were seen with some of the Manyelethi males at Paraffin drift one morning. They looked to be fit and healthy and reports are that the cubs are doing very well too.

July 2011

MARTHLY PRIDE = 10
3 ADULT FEMALE UNKNOWN AGES
4 SUB FEMALES 2 YEARS 4 MONTHS
4 CUBS UNKNOWN AGES
MARTHLY
(2 sightings)

On the very first day of the report period we saw the pride's new cubs (sired by the Manyelethi males). The lioness with no tail and the four sub-adult cubs are still hiding out to our far north and west. Unfortunatelywith the Manyelethi males around the chances of seeing them are very slim. The second sighting we had of the pride was of the two lionesses hunting buffalo in Marthly. Nothing came of that though.

June 2011

MARTHLY PRIDE = 6
3 ADULT FEMALE UNKNOWN AGES
4 SUB FEMALES 2 YEARS 3 MONTHS
MARTHLY
(2 sightings)

There were only two sightings of this pride during the month. It's the first time we've seen them since February, and it's believed they have two sets of cubs. The one sighting was of two lionesses and four of the older cubs, while the second sighting was of one lioness. Both sightings were in the same area around Paraffin Drift. There has been a lot of sign of lion activity in the area with lots of tracks and a carcass of a young adult buffalo, however it was only towards the end of the month that we saw these lions. Perhaps this could herald the start of many more sightings to come.

May 2011

MARTHLY PRIDE = 6
3 ADULT FEMALE UNKNOWN AGES
4 SUB FEMALES 2 YEARS 2 MONTHS
MARHTLY
(0 sightings)
There were no sightings of this pride during the month.

April 2011

MARTHLY PRIDE = 6
3 ADULT FEMALE UNKNOWN AGES
4 SUB FEMALES 2 YEARS 1 MONTH
MARHTLY
(0 sightings)
There were no sightings of this pride during the month.

March 2011


MARTHLY PRIDE = 6
3 ADULT FEMALE UNKNOWN AGES
4 SUB FEMALES 2 YEARS
MARHTLY
(0 sightings)

There were no sightings of this pride during the month.

February 2011

MARTHLY PRIDE = 6
3 ADULT FEMALE UNKNOWN AGES
4 SUB FEMALES 23 MONTHS
MARHTLY
(4 sightings)

Lions from the Marthly pride were only seen on four occasions during this report period. All four occasions had a lioness mating with one of the Manyelethi males. At one sighting there were two lionesses but the second one promptly moved south into the Sand River. The one left behind mated with the present Manyelethi male. We remain hopeful that sightings of this pride will increase during the year as they fully accept the Manyelethi male.

January 2011

MARTHLY PRIDE = 8
3 ADULT FEMALE UNKNOWN AGES
4 SUB ADULTS 21 MONTHS
MARHTLY

(8 sightings)
There was one single sighting of one of the Marthly lionesses with two small cubs in the rocky area south of Stwise. It was very far off and an approach was deemed impossible as the terrain is very tough there. The sighting was at the beginning of the report period and for the remainder of the month there was no further sign of them. One of the other lionesses in the pride was seen mating with the Manyelethi males on several occasions. Otherwise the surviving cubs from the Mlowathi males tenure were not seen during the report period.

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