A Mother’s Unyielding Love: Fearless Lioness Fights Off Wild Dogs, Risking Everything to Secure Her Cub’s Escape

Dramatic video shows the deadly predator lunging and roaring at the pack of around a dozen dogs in a fruitless bid to frighten them off.

 The lioness found herself surrounded by the wild dogs

The lioness found herself surrounded by the wild dogs

But the dogs continue to harass her, all the while letting off a high pitched squealing sounds.

At one point the lioness manages to get one of the dogs by the throat only to be set upon by the screeching dogs.

 The lioness managed to get one of thew dogs by the throat

The lioness managed to get one of thew dogs by the throat

 She was then set upon by the entire pack, creating a dust cloud

She was then set upon by the entire pack, creating a dust cloud

 As the dogs moved in, the lioness roared and charged at them

As the dogs moved in, the lioness roared and charged at them

 The lioness roars her defiance as the dogs circle her while attacking her from all angles

The lioness roars her defiance as the dogs circle her while attacking her from all angles

The scrap, in the Moremi Game Reserve in Botswana, was witnessed by a group of tourists sitting in off- road vehicles.

 Bruised and battered the lioness drives away the wild dogs - for now

Bruised and battered the lioness drives away the wild dogs – for now

 The wild dogs return to harass the lioness and attack her from behind, sinking their teeth into her lower back

The wild dogs return to harass the lioness and attack her from behind, sinking their teeth into her lower back

 Eventually the lioness's growls and aggression drives away the dogs

Eventually the lioness’s growls and aggression drives away the dogs