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Oct 06
2011
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Lion - Hyena atandoffPosted by: ranger in MBT - Conservancy Diary on Oct 6, 2011 Tagged in: Bushtops Daily Game Reports
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Head Scout’s daily report
Reporting date: 05.10.2011
The previous night a lion roared around the conservancy. The next morning, the scouts went on patrol and found a carcass of a wildbeest eaten that night. They knew the lion was still around. They found it in one of the croton bushes. During the Afternoon Game drive, Philip and Peter searched for him but in vein. Probably it was still too early. During our sundowener, a pack of spotted hyenas could be herd laughing and calling. We suspected that they had seen a lion or probably had killed something. As it got dark, we wound up our Sundowner and decided to head to the area where the sounds were coming from and true to our imagination, a lion was lying next to the salt lick surrounded by a pack of 13 spotted hyenas. When the lion saw us he stood up and moved around followed by the hyenas. We saw a wound still bleeding and freesh. He was hurt. The hyenas could smell the blood and followed him everywhere he went. Some even tried to attack him but he repulsed them. They followed him and threatened to attack but the lion is the'king of the african bush'. He kept his ground. We had to leave as it was dark. The next day we asked the scouts whether thet saw the lion and yes, it was alive.
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Scouts on Duty (Patrol) |
Chemichemi |
Main Gate/Barrier |
Off Duty |
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| Daniel, Benson, Shuel, Lenkiroro, Siito, Salau | Yenko |
Tompoi |
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Patrol route |
Bravo 1: Oriatu, Oloirien, Kirok loirien, Chemchem, Safaricom, Olmuratina, Oyerata, BT, Ngosso. |
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Bravo 2: Oloirien, Ntulele, Saltlick, Olgenchemi, Oyerata, BT, Oriatu, Chemchem
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Livestock Movement in the Conservancy |
One herd of livestock intruded into Bushtops plot. Owner Kitita Kool from Ngosso |
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Condition of wild animals |
Good |
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Condition of cattle |
Good |
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Condition of vegetation |
Good |
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Weather condition |
Sunny day, showers in the evening |
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Water Supply |
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Animals sighted |
No. of animals seen |
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African Civet Civettictis civetta |
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African Elephant Loxodonta africana |
7 |
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African Wild Cat Felis lybica |
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Banded mongoose Mungos mungo |
23 |
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Bat-eared Fox Otocyon megalotis |
4 |
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Black Rhinoceros Diceros bicornis |
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Buchell’s Zebra Equus burchellii |
140 |
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Bushbuck Tragelaphus scriptus |
5 |
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Cape Buffalo Syncerus caffer |
5 |
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Cape hare Lepus capensis |
2 |
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Caracal Felis caracal |
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Cheetah Acinonyx jubatus |
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Coke’s Hartebeest Alcelaphus buselaphus |
8 |
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Common (Golden) Jackal |
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Dwarf Mongoose Helogale parvula |
27 |
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Eland Taurotragus oryx |
18 |
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Grant’s Gazelle Gazella granti |
9 |
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Hedgehog Atelerix albiventris |
2 |
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Honey Badger (Ratel) Mellivora capensis |
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Impala Aepyceros melampus |
750 |
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Kirk’s Dik Dik Madoqua kirkii |
28 |
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Klipspringer Oreotragus oreotragus |
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Large-spotted Genet Genetta tigrina |
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Leopard Panthera padus |
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Lesser Bushbaby Galago moholi |
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Lesser Kudu Tragelaphus imberbis |
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Lion Panthera leo |
2 |
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Maasai Giraffe Giraffa camelopardalis |
18 |
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Olive Baboon Papio anubis |
34 |
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Porcupine Hystrix cristata |
2 |
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Rock Hyrax (Dassie) Heterohyrax brucei |
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Serval Felis serval |
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Side-striped Jackal Canis adustus |
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Silver-backed Jackal Canis mesomelas |
4 |
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Slender Mongoose Galerella sanguinea |
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Small-spotted Genet Genetta genetta |
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Spotted Hyena Crocuta crocuta |
2 |
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Striped Hyena Hyena hyena |
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Topi Damaliscus korrigum |
28 |
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Thompson’s Gazelle Gazella thomsoni |
60 |
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Warthog Phacochoerus eathiopicus |
12 |
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White-tailed Mongoose Ichneumia albicauda |
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Wildebeest Connochaetes taurinus |
980 |
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