Reminds me of a program I watched on Animal Planet last night called The Heart of a Lioness.
http://animal.discovery.com/fansites/wildkingdom/lioness/videogallery/videogallery.htmlIf you start on the 2nd video and go too the 3rd, 4th, and 5th it gives the story a little bit...the last one will make you cry though...fair warning. :\\\'(...well the last video doesn't go too the very end so ill post the last bit...if you don't wanna read then dont' read below...
On the 15th day, both Kamunyak (Lioness) and the calf are much worse for wear. Kamunyak rests in thick bush, her energy spent. For a moment she lets down her guard and the calf wanders out of sight. A shocking snarl springs both Kamunyak and (The researcher) Saba into action – horrified they see a massive lion has caught the calf in a killing grip. Kamunyak is desperate, but too frightened to get any closer to the male. Saba watches in horror as the calf is killed and Kamunyak reacts with all the passion and fear of a lioness who’s lost her cub. But all that’s left of the calf is the red blood that the male licks off his lips.
The next day, Kamunyak kills a warthog and eats for the first time in 16 days. One month later she adopts another oryx.
Over the next year, Kamunyak adopts 5 more oryx calves, but none last as long as the first. One dies of starvation, some escape, the last she abandons after just a few hours and it’s found by its mother. Then Kamunyak disappears and no-one’s seen her again.
