The lion, who had earlier been forced out of his pride, was spotted by the large group of buffalo, who are thought to have picked up on his scent in the Kruger National Park in South Africa
The lion, who had earlier been forced out of his pride and beaten, attempts to hide from the herd of buffalo in the long grass
But after a change in wind direction, the buffalo pick up on the lion’s scent and begin to stampede towards the big cat
The lion attempts to run away from the incoming buffalo, even though he was weak and sore from a previous attack by other lions
The lion then lay down in the long grass in a bid to hide but he was eventually spotted by the herd.
But despite the lion’s best efforts at running away, the buffalo catch up with him, and initially knock him on to the ground
The buffalo then begin to gore the lion with their horns to make sure he can’t escape as more animals begin to charge in
The stampede was captured on camera by game ranger Lyle Gregg, who had spotted the animal during an early morning drive around Kruger National Park
He explained: ‘This male belonged to a pride which I knew very well, I had seen him everyday for two years.
After goring him, Mr Greg said that the buffalo then began to stamp on top of the lion’s head and added that the attack on the big cat was relentless
The management of Kruger Park in South Africa, where the attack took place, confirmed that the lion did not survive the buffalo attack
‘They moved closer towards him until he decided to make a run for it but he was too weak and too sore.