Reporting Date: 29.05.2012

The sopa lion pride in maasi mara national reserve specialises in taking buffaloes for their meal. The pride which numbers between 17 and 20 are known to follow the big herd(about one thouand five hundred) and when need for a meal arises they team up and have always succeeded no matter how long it takes them. They are healthy and fit in all seasons.

Daniel left the camp with a family of four to the reserve to look for this pride. After a brief search in the territory, they  spotted them at a distance sorrounding a meal. They had brought down a buffalo in the morning but the resident males arrived and took over the meal. The meal being in the open and was a clear day, the cats were sun baked and  took refuge to nearby bushes.The one on sentry came to seek shade under our car! The king of the jungle also tried  labourisely to cover the blood and stomach residue to minimise attracting the scavangers.

NB: * = Same animals seen by different rangers