President and Chief Conservation Officer for Panthera

‘Truly unique’ mother lioness nurses leopard cub in Tanzania

‘Truly unique’ mother lioness nurses leopard cub in Tanzania

These beautiful pictures are the first ever taken of a wild lioness nursing a cub from a different species – an extremely rare event. The pair were spotted by Joop Van Der Linde, a guest at Ndutu Safari Lodge in Tanzania’s Ngorongoro Conservation Area. The scene is the Serengeti; the attentive mother, five-year-old Nosikitok. The […]