Hyenas chase wild dogs through lodge to steal kill

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Bush-lovers travel kilometres, and reserves far and wide before they are lucky enough to witness an animal chase or a kill. Clearly, at the Elephant Plains Game Lodge in Sabi Sand Game Reserve, the action comes to you.

Photographer Armand Grobler was lucky to be at the right place at the time when a wild dog brought its kill into the dining area of the lodge, before a clan of hyenas tore through the property chasing a pack wild dogs all hoping to get a bite to eat. In the background, a leopard patiently waited right in front of a chalet to get his share of the pie.

It sounds bizarre, but that’s Africa for you. Grobler explains how it all unfolded:

Head Ranger Ruan Momberg explained that as he and colleague Josh Venter had been busy setting up the coffee table for guests, they heard a loud ‘BANG’ between the dining room and bar area, (in the middle of the lodge) and upon investigating, saw that an African wild dog was feasting on an impala, a gruesome scene that few people get to experience.