Sunset Lioness

one of 3 Lionesses that had been feasting on a blue wildebeest they had killed earlier that day .

Around sunset we found them resting near a waterhole.

 

This is a large and battle-scarred Lioness

 

Madikwe Game Reserve, South Africa in March 2019

 

IUCN RED LIST STATUS: Vulnerable

panthera leo

leeuw

lion

Löwe

 

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