The Life of a Lioness

Adam Bannister October 23, 2012 20

After managing to find the Tailless Female of the Tsalala Pride relaxing together with her cub, I found it impossible to not share some of the footage with you all. …

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The Most Precious Lion Cub at Londolozi

Adam Bannister October 8, 2012 11

Most of you will be aware that the legendary Tailless Female from the Tsalala Pride has a cub, but I’m not sure if enough airtime has been given to this …

Wildlife

Original Tailless Female has a new cub

Adam Bannister August 9, 2012 26

Born in 1998 many thought her too old to have another litter. She has proved us all wrong. And we at Londolozi are delighted! One of the most loved lionesses …

Wildlife

Where is the Sparta Orphan?

Adam Bannister July 12, 2012 9

Of late we have been receiving lots of comments and emails requesting information on the remaining Sparta orphan. This is the 8 month old lioness whose mother died 2 months …

Wildlife

Tsalala Lioness mating with Majingilane

Adam Bannister July 5, 2012 14

To be honest it was the very last thing I expected to see. The Tsalala lioness (with the tail), the mother of the remaining two cubs born in February 2011, …

Wildlife

Why don’t all male lions have Black manes?

Adam Bannister June 27, 2012 12

If female lions are attracted to a darker mane, then surely it would make sense, if you were a male lion, to have as dark a mane as possible. Yet, …

Wildlife

Why do Male Lions have Manes?

Adam Bannister June 23, 2012 7

At first this seems like a simple question! Whilst growing up I was always told that the mane of a lion acted as a shield against injury. The long wiry …

Wildlife

What is happening to the Tsalala Pride?

Adam Bannister June 20, 2012 8

I just realised that we have not published a piece updating the latest developments with our beloved Tsalala Pride. Sadly, sometime during the month of May 2012, the last member …

Wildlife

Sparta Lion Cubs Just want to Play!

Adam Bannister June 7, 2012 20

Every once in a while I find myself in a sighting where words simply cannot do justice to the whole story! Just sitting quietly, wide-eyed, gobsmacked and in awe of …

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Breakaway Tsalala Pride: ID Kit

Adam Bannister April 24, 2012 12

Identifying lions can be extremely difficult to do. The reason being that they all look very similar and they appear to be in constant change, in terms of identifying features.Cuts, …

Wildlife

Original Tsalala Tailless Female Alive

Adam Bannister April 5, 2012 11

An outstanding morning of lion viewing at Londolozi Game Reserve… The much loved Tailless Female was found together with the core of the Tsalala Pride. This pride has been operating …

Wildlife

The Marthly Male and a Zebra by Kate Albert

A Study of Londolozi

Rich Laburn March 21, 2012 8

Kate Albert, a member of the Royal Photographic Society in the UK, kindly sent through an album of her favorite images taken during her recent visit to Londolozi. An ARPS …

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Tsalala Lion Cubs Killed

Adam Bannister October 5, 2011 10

It was with great sadness upon my return to Londolozi from a short break that I found out some bad news. The Tsalala sisters have a pride of ever-growing youngsters …

Wildlife

Update: Tsalala Pride Cubs

Rich Laburn March 16, 2011 11

A few weeks ago we published the first ever footage that taken of the four new Tsalala pride cubs. Spending much of their time up on the rocks at Marthly …

Wildlife

A Brief History of the Tsalala Pride

Rich Laburn October 13, 2010 12

After our previous blog post on The Demise of the Tsalala Pride, former Londolozi Head Ranger, Oliver Sinclair, wrote up a brief history of the Tsalala Pride to fill in …

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