Xakanaxa pride heads further north… onto Marula island - 07:41 pm
16 Jun 2009
We set off early this morning knowing that we had a lot of ground to cover to get to the top of Mboma island where we left the lions last night. It looked like the Xakanaxa pride and two young nomadic males were destined to clash as the Xakanaxa pride followed a herd of buffalo out of their territory.
We picked up their tracks continuing north and heard calling from across the swamp on Marula island. Their tracks indicated that they had indeed crossed the deep swamp and we could not follow. It is at times like this that they tend to lose cubs. The youngest remaining cub, a young female, seems to have beeen lagging more and more over the past few days and we hope that they return with all five cubs.
Of the two nomadic males we saw no sign this morning.
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