We (Karen in VA and Aquila) were asked to share some bits of information/background on the Mapogo Male Coalition with you. We have been gathering info from various sites (Mala Mala, Londolozi, Djuma, Nkorho, Elephant Plains, Singita, Arathusa, Ulusaba, Wildwatch) and their sightings databases along with a few helpful people answering the questions we sent their way.
Some of this information was first part of a Database that we were compiling for Africam. Graham asked if we would share this with the WE Viewers as well. We hope you find this info as interesting as we have.

我们（弗吉尼亚州的Karen和Aquila）被要求与您分享一些关于Mapogo男性联盟的信息/背景。我们一直在从各个网站（马拉马拉、隆多洛齐、朱马、恩科霍、大象平原、辛基塔、阿拉图萨、乌卢萨巴、野生观察）及其目击数据库收集信息，并有一些乐于助人的人回答我们发送给他们的问题。
其中一些信息是我们为Africam编辑的数据库的第一部分。格雷厄姆问我们是否也会与we观众分享这一点。我们希望你能像我们一样感兴趣。

Mapogo Coalition – 6 Male Lions also known as the Eyrefield Males, the Sparta Males and in some regions the “Cannibals”. They were named Mapogo after a security company that utilizes rather harsh methods in dealing with offenders. We’ve found several different meanings for Mapogo.
Ulusaba refers to it as meaning “Vigilantes” and Savanna Lodge refers to the Mapogo name being a Zulu word meaning “Rogues”. What ever the meaning, they are Bad News!

马坡戈联盟——6头雄狮，也称为艾尔菲尔德雄狮、斯巴达雄狮，在某些地区称为“食人族”。他们以一家保安公司的名字命名为Mapogo，该公司在处理罪犯时使用了相当严厉的方法。我们发现了Mapogo的几种不同含义。
乌卢萨巴（Ulusaba）将其称为“维吉兰特斯”（Vigilantes），而萨凡纳旅馆（Savanna Lodge）将马坡戈（Mapogo）的名字称为祖鲁语，意思是“流氓”（Rogues）。不管什么意思，它们都是坏消息！

Pride they Originated From: Eyrefield Pride aka Sparta Pride. This pride still exists and consists of 3 adult females and 9 cubs. Two of the remaining Eyrefield pride lionesses are siblings of the Mapogos and the third and oldest lioness may very well be the Mother to some of them. The dominant male of this Pride today is the one remaining Roller Coaster/Shaw/Castleton Male.
Sired by: A Coalition of 5 Male Lions known as The West Street Males aka The Sparta Males. (Note: There is a twist to this story that we will share
a little later.)

骄傲源自：埃里菲尔德骄傲又名斯巴达骄傲。这种自豪感仍然存在，由3只成年雌性和9只幼崽组成。剩下的两只爱尔菲尔德骄傲的母狮是马普戈斯母狮的兄弟姐妹，第三只也是最年长的母狮很可能是其中一些母狮的母亲。如今，这场“骄傲”运动的主导男性是仅存的一位过山车/肖/卡斯特尔顿男性。
由五只公狮组成的联盟，称为西街公狮，又名斯巴达公狮。（注：我们将分享这个故事的一个转折点
稍晚一点。）

These males took over the Eyrefield/Sparta pride from
the Manyeleti males in 1998. They were approximately 8 yrs of age at the time and successfully raised many cubs to adulthood during their reign.
The last of this coalition died in 2004 at the approximate age of 14 years or even older (some reports indicated the last two were plus/minus 16 yrs in 2003 when two of the original four Marthly/Split Rock/Robson males moved

这些男性从
1998年，他们的年龄约为8岁，并在统治期间成功地将许多幼崽抚养成人。
该联盟的最后一个成员于2004年去世，大约14岁甚至更大（一些报告显示，2003年，最初的四名Marthly/Split Rock/Robson男性中的两名搬家时，最后两人的年龄为正负16岁

据说最年长的马坡戈男性与其他5名男性无关。故事是，最初的骄傲（艾尔菲尔德/斯巴达）在2000年5月/6月失去了一名20至21个月大的男性亚成年人，2000年7月，这名大约相同年龄的男性抓住了最初的骄傲。虽然不容易被母狮接受，但西街公狮几乎不容忍他，尽管他们没有杀死他，因为他的年龄对他们的统治地位没有威胁。
他的生活并不轻松，因为他被认为是一个被遗弃的人，然而这只年轻的狮子却成为了最大胆、最有价值的猎人之一，因为当西街的雄狮年纪太大时，它帮助人们保持自豪感。

Londolozi refers to the oldest Mapogo male as “Ngalalalekha”. Ngala means lion so does lalekha mean “old, older, oldest”? Good question for Rexon.
Londolozi将最年长的Mapogo男性称为“Ngalalalekha”。Ngala的意思是狮子，那么lalekha的意思是“老、老、老”吗？问雷克森好问题。

This oldest Male is elusive. He is said to be bigger, bolder and darker than the other five. He is believed to be the sire of most of the Mapogo cubs that have been born so far but with more recent reports of matings it seems some of the other males will become fathers too if not already.
Prides that currently have cubs sired by a Mapogo are the Tsalala pride, the Othawa pride and the Sand River pride. More than likely, there are others as well.

这位最年长的男性是难以捉摸的。据说他比其他五个人更大、更大胆、更黑暗。据信，他是迄今为止出生的大多数马坡戈幼崽的父系，但随着最近交配的报道，似乎其他一些雄性幼崽也会成为父亲，如果不是这样的话。
目前，拥有马坡戈幼崽的骄傲是萨拉拉骄傲、奥萨瓦骄傲和沙河骄傲。更有可能的是，还有其他的。

One story about this older male that sticks out in our minds is when Londolozi reported a sighting of two hyena clans on a buffalo carcass. A group of approximately 25 adult elephants standing shoulder to shoulder with little ones behind them were staring the hyenas down. A noise was heard behind the vehicle and when the spotlight was shown in that direction an “enormous” male lion burst into their sight roaring louder than any roar they had ever heard before which sent 30 hyenas scattering. It was the leader of the six Mapogos. He stared down the wall of elephants which after about 5 minutes of standing their ground finally gave way to the lone male and moved off

Londolozi报道在一具水牛尸体上看到了两个鬣狗家族，这是一个关于这只年长雄性水牛的故事。一群大约25头成年大象肩并肩地站着，身后站着一些小象，正盯着鬣狗。车后传来一阵噪音，当聚光灯照向那个方向时，一只“巨大”的雄狮冲进他们的视线，咆哮声比他们之前听到的任何吼声都要大，这使得30只鬣狗四散开来。这是六个马普戈族人的首领。他凝视着大象的墙，在大约5分钟的站立之后，大象终于让位给了孤独的雄性，并离开了

The Other 5 Mapogo Males are said to be sired by the West Street Males but here is where the twist comes in…… the two youngest might have been sired by the Roller Coaster Males aka Shaw Males aka Castleton Males. The Roller Coaster males were believed to have started out as a Coalition of 6. Four of which enticed some of the Eyrefield/Sparta females into mating with them while the aging West Street males were away from the pride. Thus it is unclear who actually fathered the two youngest. And to add another little twist, it is said that the West Street Males who sired the Mapogos also fathered the Roller Coaster/Shaw/Castleton males.
Estimated ages of the Mapogo Coaliton as of May 2008: