Kilimanjaro Lion Conservation Project

Category: Lion-watching | Date: Aug 04 2008 | By: Seamus

I watched a fascinating interaction between Nemasi the lion and an injured / lame wildebeest last night. Nemasi was lying in the grass metres away from the wildebeest, watching it, and occassionally trying to circle around it. The wildebeest presented its horns every time she advanced, and over the course of about an hour, walked backwards a few hundred metres to attempt to rejoin its herd. We left at that point, so as to minimise our interference in her hunting. At dawn this morning we went back to the area to track her. We found her out on the plains, on her way back to the thickets to hide up for the day. After that sighting we continued and looked for a carcass. Here is some shaky, badly coloured footage of Nemasi and two of the cubs (she still has three). I will post more footage, of what we found later in the morning… watch this space.