Eventually, a roaming lone male joined Maleni briefly and with him she had a single cub. Two of Maleni’s sisters and the two pride males were killed by poachers - some trapped as bycatch in bushmeat poachers’ snares to die a slow, cruel death others directly targeted by poachers seeking lion parts to sell on the black market. Between 20, Maleni lost her entire pride. One of these prides, named after its matriarch Maleni, provides an interesting and still evolving case study on the impacts of poaching on pride structure. One by one, these healthy prides grew smaller until they were either completely killed off, or left with only a few surviving individuals. However, as lion poaching accelerated across the landscape, Kris observed that the structure of these prides slowly began to change. Each originally had a typical structure for lions in that region: two males, three to four lionesses and a handful of cubs. Kristoffer Everatt, a Program Manager with Panthera’s Lion Program, became acquainted with seven distinct lion prides. While working in Mozambique’s Limpopo National Park over the past eight years, Dr. Our first blog takes a closer look into a worrisome emerging social dynamic among lions: the disruption in normal pride structure and activity. In conjunction with Disney’s release of the live-action film The Lion King, we are pleased to introduce a new blog series delving into the lives of lions beyond the silver screen and how Panthera and our partners are working to #ProtectThePride.
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