4 Shishangaan Brothers Destroying Brave Rogue Male In Ferocious Attack | Lion battle of kruger

Lion warfare in Africa - Shishangaan vs Rogue (May 2017)
Ranger’s Report: What an unbelievable morning! The temperature was cool and the mist was thick. We had found the fresh footprints of two male lions in the road, heading in a northerly direction. They were two large adult lions. We know these lions as the Rogue Males and they are quite shy of the vehicles. The two Rogue males were still headed north and they had already gone quite deep into the Shish Males territory (the dominant male coalition in our concession). The lions were roaring loudly from within the bushes quite close to where we were. The four Shish males had come out of the bush behind the Rogue males and were now chasing after them. The Grumpy Shish Male was struggling to keep up with the other three as they chased the two intruders. He was limping, due to his gammy back leg, but still continued to follow on behind them, roaring as he tried to catch up. All six lions were now roaring loudly. It was an amazing sight and the sound of their roaring was incredible! The Rogue males were running for their lives and the Shish males were right behind them. The lions then turned off the road and headed into the Singita Concession. The Shish Males seemed as though they were catching up to the Rogue males as all the lions ran across the open grasslands towards the south. The Rogues were now crossing the Gumba drainage and the Shish Males were close on their tail. As soon as the two Rogue males had crossed the drainage the Shish Males seemed to decide that they had pushed the intruders out of their territory and they turned around and started walking north again. The two Rogue males saw the Shish Males retreating and this boosted their confidence. It was now that they made their biggest mistake! They started chasing after the Shish Males, straight into Shish territory. The four Shish Males were headed north again across the open grassland and the two Rogue Males started giving chase. Now the Shish Males were pissed off! How dare the intruders chase them around in their own territory! On the radio they were saying that the Shish Males had just caught up to one of the Rogues. The One-eyed Shish Male was already fighting with the Rogue and the other three Shish males were just arriving at the scene.
Four against one. The odds were not good for the intruder. The four Shish males attacked relentlessly, biting the intruder and hitting him hard with their paws and claws. The intruder tried to fight back, but was taking serious injuries from the four males who were surrounding him and launching attacks at him. One of the Shish Males hit him hard on the spine and it appeared that his back legs collapsed under him. It was possible that they had now broken his spine. As they climbed into him again we noticed a male elephant approaching. Two of the Shish males made a quick retreat away from the elephant but the other two continued attacking the unfortunate Rogue. Eventually after a bit more skirmishing the four Shish Males moved off, following after where the other Rogue Male had headed. The injured male was in a really bad way. Just before I left the area I watched as the Rogue male tried to lift himself up and collapsed again. His back legs were just not supporting him. He was trying to drag himself towards the shade of a large Leadwood tree. The Shish males were unable to find the other Rogue and then returned to finish off the first. It was again a vicious attack. Eventually the four Shish Males went and lay in the shade and the Rogue dragged himself to the base of the Leadwood Tree. The four Shish Males were still resting in the shade and the Rogue was lying, face-down in the grass. On the next morning the Rogue male was dead and his body was still lying under the tree where he had dragged himself to, a clan of hyenas were feeding on the carcass of the lion. There were numerous vultures perched in the trees waiting for their turn. We came across the four Shish males a few kilometers to the north. They were resting on the northern bank of the N’wanetsi River. That morning we found tracks of the other Rogue Male heading straight towards the Mozambique border. We wondered what was going to happen to him now that he had lost his coalition partner. We also wondered whether he would grieve the loss of his brother and friend!

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