Marc has inspired me to post this as a result of his Hyena image earlier today.
Wild Dogs and Hyena are certainly not the best of friends as Hyena are always trying to steal Wild Dog kills.
In this case the shoe was on the other foot.
An Impalla had been killed by a Lioness who then had it stolen by a Hyena she then retreated into the bushes.
Unfortunately for the Hyena it had no time to eat the booty.
The Wild Dog pack who we were following saw what had happened and rushed in, the Hyena dragged the kill into nearby water, and was then attacked by the Dogs. They dragged the kill out of the water nd then chased the Hyena off giving it a many good bites on the posterior (happiness for us)
The pups finished off what remained of the carcass, then the Lioness returned to seize her prize, unsurprisingly the dogs exited stage right.
Taken in Kwando concession, Northern Botswana, 28th December 2011.
EOS 1D MkII
70-200mm MKII at 130mm
F7.1, ISO 400, 1/1600






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. On the other hand, I witnessed a large male leopard kill an impala while a hyena stood back and watched. After the impala was dead the hyena moved in and the leopard backed off letting the hyena have it. Next morning we found the leopard and an impala kill (same one?) in a tree.



