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 presented myself to the female on the left, she ran off and I thought I was out of luck. Turns out she was just fetching her pride mates to give her alpha the chance to mate first. Fairly typical behavior, but adorable nonetheless.
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
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
Our records show that this pride consists of two older semi-ferals and their breeding age daughters (none of whom are mine, to be clear). The alpha, the one standing on the left, seems unsure whether to mate with me first or let that honor pass to her fi
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
I found this pride on my badlands expedition. Though hesitant at first, once I successfully initiated mating with their alpha, their breeding instincts kicked in and they made the most of a limited opportunity. It was three days before they bored of me a
