Unbelievable Moment Heroic Buffalo Kills Lion After Rescuing Its Mother From Attack (Photos)

 

This is the unbelievable moment a heroic buffalo came to the rescue of a damsel in distress after the cow came under attack from two lionesses.

 

A buffalo calf and mother were in danger of being killed by lions in Okavango Delta in Botswana when a heroic bull emerged to save the day by mauling and even killing one of the lions in the process.

 

 

Photographer Wim van den Heever describes how he watched the lions attempting to take down the cow a number of times, but that she was finally 'saved' by a bull from the herd. 

 

In a dramatic turn of events, a protective macho buffalo steps in, scaring the lions away and nearly mauling the injured lioness to death - saving the mother's life.

 

Mr van den Heever said the lioness crawled out of the mud and died two days later.

 

 

 

Wim, 43, said: 'The bull came and chased the female lions off the mother buffalo, trying to injure them.