Latest Sightings

Puku tries to headbutt lion!

Lion chooses wrong battle!😮

Leopard assassinates wild dog

Brave Kasongo must protect babies from lurking jackal!😮

We’ve been following the young white lioness with the tear in her face from the Birmingham Pride for the last few weeks. The Birmingham Pride gets seen on a few different concessions and it’s not uncommon for different concessions to name the same lions different names. Therefore, we wanted to give her a name that the Latest Sightings community can use when tinging her and we hope you all love the name. After getting over 2,600 name suggestions sent in, we asked Jaun from Ngala Ways Safaris, who tinged the first sighting of the injury on the 15th of January to choose the most meaningful one out of those suggestions. We are extremely happy with his choice, and so, we would like to share it with you all. Nakinya Nakinya is a feminine Maasai name meaning ‘the torn one.’ Originating from the Maasai people of Kenya and Tanzania. It stems from the verb akiny, meaning “tearing” (as in pulling off the bark of a tree or removing part of the skin), which leaves a scar. This is supported by the background of Kenya’s first president, Jomo Kenyatta, originally named by the Maasai ‘enkinyata’ which is a piece of skin obtained through the akiny process. Typically, you won’t find many women named Nakinya. But it’s more common to hear this name given to livestock, as naming them after scars isn’t considered problematic. On the other hand, quite a few Maasai men carry the name Ole Sakinya, which is the masculine form. Men often view scars as symbols of battles fought and won (particularly in the past), so being named after a scar is seen as a point of pride. Write up provided by journalist Parmeris Ole Kiminta (who also suggested the name)

Leopard finds him a muddy catfish

Miracle birth of a wildebeest

How kasongo learns to race

Baby buffalo fights to be rescued!

Bottles have epic battle for poop!