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Callum Gowar

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Growing up in Cape Town, the opposite end of South Africa from its main wildlife areas, didn't slow Callum down when embarking on his ranger training at Londolozi at the start of 2015. He had slowly begun moving north-east through the country anyway, ...

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What happened to the Xidulu female?

What happened to Xidulu?

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What happened to the Xidulu female??

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What happened to the Xidulu female? ? ? ?

I will miss Sean – he was an inspiration during our two recent visits to Londolozi and together with Robbie made a unique and wonderful team.. so knowledgable and thoughtful and so much fun.

He will be sorely missed – but Sean I wish you every happiness and success in your new life! What happened to the Xidulu female.. did I miss a blog?? That is also very sad and do hope her cubs can survive on their own… as I think they are normally with their mother for up to 2 years?

OMG – What happened to the Xidulu female? I’ve looked back through all the weeks happening and can’t find anything telling of her demise! I’m so saddened to hear of her passing.

That’s so sad to hear about the death of the xidulu female, we had a wonderful sighting of her and her two cubs when we were with you in march

The Nkoveni female and cubs…..BRAVO

What happened to Xidulu??

Really nice blog Callum. Sad that Sean and David have departed Londolozi, but guess they are movingon to greater things. Very sad also about Xidulu – hope and pray that her two cubbies will survive. Nice pics also Callum and thanks for sharing.

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Xidulu/Kikilezi was found by MalaMala, on the side of the road. It appears she had been mauled by lions.

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thank you for the updates.. Sorry to hear Sean and David have left but I am sure we will still get amazing blogs!

Are the orphaned cubs of the Xidulu Female still alive? Haven’t seen any updates about them recently and am keen to know if they’ve made it.

Sadly we haven’t seen them on Londolozi Callum and haven’t heard any news of them from Mala Mala either..

Oh no, that’s sad to hear. I guess it does happen a lot even with cubs who get to stay with their mothers for 18 months, become independent and then just vanish and are never seen again. It’s always sad but hopefully new cubs of other females will survive.

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