Male lions kill a lioness

ON THE 15 JUNE 2006 WE WERE FOLLOWING TWO MALE LIONS FROM EXETER AREA, SUDDENLY THEY PICKED UP THEIR EARS AND LISTENED FOR A SHORT WHILE AND THEN STARTED RUNNING IN A EASTERLY DIRECTION FROM THEIR CURRENT POSITION, WE LOST THEM FOR ABOUT 3 TO 5 MINUTES AS THEY WERE RUNNING QUITE QUICKLY, SO WE SWITCHED OFF THE ENGINE AND LISTENED, WE HEARD LIONS FIGHTING AND WE WENT TO INVESTIGATE, WHEN WE ARRIVED ON THE SCENE WE SAW ONE OF THE TWO MALE LIONS SEVERELY ATTACKING A LIONESS FROM A NEIGHBOURING PRIDE, HE WAS BITING HER ON HER BACK AND FLANKS, WHILE SITTING AT THE LIONS ANOTHER TWO MALE LIONS ARRIVED BUT ONLY SHOWED A PASSING INTEREST IN THE FIGHT ,ONE OF THE NEW ARRIVALS LIGHTLY BIT THE LIONESS ON HER LEG. THE INSTIGATOR OF THE FIGHT PULLED THE LIONESS DOWN AND STARTED TO SUFFOCATE HER BY BITING HER ON HER THROAT, AFTER ABOUT 5 MINUTES THE LIONESS DIED, THE MALE LION THEN LET HIS GRIP GO. WE ARE UNSURE AS TO WHY EXACTLY THE ONE MALE LION DECIDED TO ATTACK AND KILL THE LIONESS, WE DID FIND BLOOD AND THE STOMACH CONTENTS OF A IMPALA THAT HAD BEEN KILLED BY THE LIONESS AND THIS IS POSSIBLY WHY SHE WAS ATACKED AS SHE POSSIBLY TRIED TO DEFEND HER KILL AGAINST THE INTRUDIN

Posted: Exeter Lodges by CC Africa, Date: 27 April 2007