Lions cuddle: Video

YES! The scouts found the wild dog den.
I was out there first thing in the afternoon hoping to spend the rest of the day and night there. But the den is up in the hills in the rocks. We walked up there and found what looked like evidence of 2 age groups of pups. So possibly both females have had pups. An adult was lying up behind the den in the rocks and dashed off when we arrived.
Unfortunately there is no way for me to film the dogs in this location. I can’t get the vehicle any where near there and if I was on foot I would have to be too close to see anything and this would disturb the dogs considerably.

So my only hope is they move den soon to a more accessible area. Anyway the good thing is the dogs are back and have pups. We really want to habituate them as quickly as possible so we can inoculate them against rabies.
With no filming access to the dogs, my plans changed and we were back with the lions last night.

They were on the move when we got to them at sunset, heading north. A big herd of buffalo was to the northeast of them no far off. I was sure we were in for some action. But the lions just walked on past.
I couldn’t believe it. They showed absolutely no interest in the buffalo. Those unpredictable lions!

They moved on northeast and on 2 occasions hunted zebra running in from a long way off. Strange hunting tactic. And then stalked really close to some giraffe. They were really keen. 2 cows moved away and then a big bull followed. Suddenly they lost interest. Was it only the cows they were after?

They slept on in till dawn. Dawn came with a thick mist and after waking they moved north in the mist. That was pretty neat. Lions in the mist! Thanks at last for something lions.