Southern Lion (Panthera leo ssp. melanochaita)

Three linonesses of a pride of more than 10 quenching their thirst in one of few places left with water as the drought deepens with a seemingly never ending heatwave of 40c during day and barely a couple of hours before dawn with nearing pleasant temperatures.

Southern Lion (Panthera leo ssp. melanochaita)

One of the lionesses was stung in the eye by a bee as a cub, and has since been blind on that eye. The eye kept growing normally in regards to size, but became milky white and opaque.
Southern Lion (Panthera leo ssp. melanochaita)

Southern Lion (Panthera leo ssp. melanochaita)

Southern Lion (Panthera leo ssp. melanochaita)

Last updated on 14 May 2021