Welcome, Samara!
The 6 year old male lion called Samara, named after the reserve Samara Private Game Reserve in the Eastern Cape, which donated the lion to the DGR has been released into the DGR. He was released in the southern section from the Kevin Richardson Wildlife Sanctuary, where he was in the boma for the last […]
Welcome!
After we lost Zella to lion a few months ago, we now have a new leopard female. We have acquired a new leopard female, 2-3 years from North West Parks Board. She is currently in the predator boma as part of her habituation and to remove her homing instinct. We currently have Ziklas, and another […]
Lion Breakout – Media Release 10 June 2021
The Dinokeng Game Reserve has introduced a new male lion to the reserve on 3 June 2021, as part of our lion management. The DGR hosts free roaming lions – they have to fend for themselves – but still we have to implement formal lion management, as any smaller game reserve. Indeed, there are only […]
Lion Swap
As part of the DGR’s lion management strategy we are moving one of our male lions (the Northern pride male) to Kwandwe Private Game Reserve in the Eastern Cape, and getting a new male from them for genetic management reasons. The DGR has a wild managed lion population. We currently have a total of 22 […]
Predator Interaction – Mortality
Over the last couple of years we had so many positive news to share regarding our conservation efforts related to cheetahs. Especially our females were exceptionally successful raising large litters.Today we have to share sad news, we found our Gondwana male dead. On Saturday 13/02/2021 we checked up on the Gondwana cheetah male which showed […]
Predator conflict
The DGR is well known as a Big Five Reserve, i.e. lions, elephants, buffalo, leopard and rhino (black and white) roam freely in the reserve, where nature must be allowed to take its course. This is a sad story that will illustrate the challenges and the unexpected turn of events that are part and parcel […]
Lion Management
Free roaming lions and the term lion management may seem to be a contradiction. At Dinokeng Game Reserve we host free roaming lions – they have to fend for themselves – but still we have to implement formal lion management, as any smaller game reserve. Indeed there are only two game reserves in South Africa […]
The grand – not so grand – life of the king of all beasts
We could be forgiven for the widely held perception of the grand life of a dominant male lion; Hold back and let the females do the hard work (hunting) and simply taking prime spot on the feast when it’s ready. After a really good feed, do what lions do best: lying (and sleeping). And when […]
