Many females form strong bonds with other wild females at the start of the breeding season. Although many of these relationships last far longer than one season, most females in the National Park break up with their partner after the end of the breeding
This beauty here escaped the preserve and was proving a bit of a nuisance at a local beach, so she had to be netted and returned to us. She may be found to be unfit for life in the wild, in which case she'll be adopted by a well-vetted home as a domesti
When I mate with a pride, I try to stick around for two or three days if they'll let me, until either they chase me off or another female attracts my attention. This provides not only additional opportunities for breeding, but general scientific observa
This beauty is starting to make my job too easy. I just stepped out onto the balcony of the ranger station and found her presenting. I really shouldn't encourage such tameness, but she's proven to be quite a nuisance in the past when not sexually satis
By crossing her legs and averting eye contact, this beauty is clearly indicating she has no interest in mating with me today. The majority of Wild Females will only mate with men to reproduce, so either she's not in heat or I've simply failed to impres