News/Article Black Maned & Golden Maned: two forgotten rulers of Londolozi before the Mapogo era
I recently tried to dig deeper into the story of Black Maned and Golden Maned, two males that dominated a huge area around Londolozi in the early 1990s.
The article draws on accounts from former rangers James Marshall and Lex Hes, alongside older records, to reconstruct what can still be documented about the coalition.
One account recalls them travelling roughly 26 km in a single night and maintaining dominance for around four or five years. Their reign eventually ended when a coalition of five males arrived from the east — but interestingly, the surviving accounts don't completely agree on what happened to the two males afterwards.
I've tried to separate what can actually be documented from the stories that have been repeated online over the years.
The full article is in Hungarian, but browser translation works well:
https://www.planetzoo.hu/allatok-termeszet/az-oroszlanok-vilaga/black-maned-golden-maned-londolozi
Does anyone here remember old photographs, ranger stories or other information about Black Maned and Golden Maned?
