27th August 2000
Mala Mala rangers had Tjololo sleeping with his kill. That meant Tjololo out of action again all night.
We took the initiative and went on the prowl for action, picking up a pride of 5 lions early on in the evening. They were very much on the move hunting. With several misses after impala and kudu they went in on a herd of impala. There was no stalking or careful approach. Splitting up they ran at the herd causing them to scatter in all directions, confused. The technique worked with one of them catching a young male. The others were soon climbed in. Manners, a thing of the past, they fought for the biggest share of a small prize and within minutes the carcass was split in 5 each feeding aside on their own.
Hunger slightly satisfied they moved on east some distance before resting up for the night. We left them still resting at dawn.
On our way back south we found a cheetah hunting. She was lean, but until we lost her she still hadn’t bumped into any game.
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