Lions in Namibia

The Buffalo Lioness is lucky to be alive. As a young adult in Mangetti National Park, she was a troublemaker, frequently killing livestock and angering local communities. Fortunately, the Namibian Ministry of Environment and Tourism took a chance on moving the lioness, saving her from vengeful farmers intent on protecting their livelihoods. After a few attempts to relocate her in nearby Bwabwata National Park, she finally settled in the Buffalo Area in the western region of the park. It wasn’t long before the Buffalo Lioness, as we call her, attracted the attention of two males, known as the Mahango Coalition. These males had previously held dominion over the Mahango Pride, which sadly had lost all of its females, likely victims of the very kind of human persecution the Buffalo Lioness had escaped. Searching for new females to mate with, they found her just across the Okavango River.  --- Panthera