Scarface, the most famous lion in the world, is dead. The animal lived for 14 years in the wild in the Maasai Mara Reserve in Kenya
Scarface, the most famous lion in the world, is dead. The animal lived inside the Riserva Maasai Mara, in Kenya, and had become an icon. Due to its conspicuous scar on its right eye (a mark left by a shepherd's spear it had managed to survive), the feline was renamed Scarface.
He died without any disturbance from vehicles and hyenas. " announced through a Facebook post the Mara Predator Conservation Program - We were the only vehicle on the scene and alongside him, hoping to offer him some comfort. The Mara Reserve has lost yet another of its great iconic males. May the legend of him live forever.
At 1 pm local time, Scarface took his last breath. He died in peace without any disturbance from vehicles and hyenas. We…
Posted by Mara Predator Conservation Programme on Friday, June 11, 2021
Scarface lived for 14 long years in its natural habitat, the Kenyan savannah. And, in fact, it is not at all obvious that a lion can survive this long and die peacefully, of natural causes. Most male lions, in fact, are killed by rivals or attacked by hyenas and weaken from their injuries. And not infrequently they end up in the hands of poachers.
The Scottish nature photographer George Logan was particularly fond of the animal, which he had immortalized several times and to which he had attributed the nickname "rock star of the Mara".
Born Free is sad to hear of the death of Scarface, the most famous lion in Kenya’s Maasai Mara, who died of natural…
Posted by Born Free Foundation on Tuesday, June 15, 2021
He lived wild and free until the end, in his native land ”- explains the photographer - Even in recent times, he has defied logic by traveling 25 km in the direction of his original territory, close to where he was born. We feared the worst when we saw him in close proximity to the male Salas, the trio of the wildest young lions in the Mara, but they left him alone, even when he snarled defiantly at them.
After Scarface's death, social media were flooded with photos and farewell messages for the legendary Kenyan lion.
Farewell ScarfaceThere are moments when words can only hardly express what happened. When they seem to simply fail to…
Posted by Lions of Africa on Friday, June 11, 2021
R.I.P Scarface, Lion King of the Mara. This legend of a lion took his last breath on 11th June 2021. How poetic that…
Posted by Kate on Conservation on Saturday, June 12, 2021
Rest in peace, Scarface! And long life (in freedom) to all the lions!
Fonte: Mara Predator Conservation Programme/Born Free Foundation
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