[Gala = rock]
Mōdharagala 3:4 male was born in late 2017, around the Mōdharagala area with his siblings, the Mōdharagala 3:3 female, and an unidentified cub (who went missing after the first sighting). Their mother is the Mōdharagala 2:3 female.
They were first seen in February 2018. The mother and the cubs were occasionally seen around Mōdharagala and Ehelagas Wala of Medha Pāra.
By March 2019, he separated from his mother and moved toward Kotasiyabale and Andhun Oruwa Wewa. The same month, he was seen at Digan Wala, sharing a kill with the Pan Wala 2:2 male and the Yāla Junction 2:2 female.
Since April 2019, together with the Pan Wala 2:2 male, the Mōdharagala 3:4 male interacted with the Yala Junction female and her female cub. These two males shared a few kills with this family.
On 30th May 2019, the Mōdharagala 3:4 male and Pan Wala 2:2 male made an axis deer kill at Digan Wala, joined together (which is unusual). Later, Suduwelimulla 3:3 female also joined the two lads to partake in the kill.
In February 2020, around the Kotasiyabale, there was a serious fight between the Mōdharagala 3:4 male and Pan Wala 2:2 male. Pan Wala 2:2 quickly seized the initiative and asserted his dominance over the Mōdharagala 3:4 male.
In late February and early March 2020, Mōdharagala 3:4 male was seen in Suduwelimulla.
However, since mid-2020, Mōdharagala male didn’t grace the area much with his presence. Since mid-2022 he is back in the game with a bone to pick and an attitude to win. He’s clearly done being the underdog. Since April 2022, he has been making regular patrols in the Northeast area of the park (Andhurn Oruwa, Kotasiyabala, and Koma Wewa). And it seems like even the mighty Pan Wala male is not daring enough to challenge the new and improved Mōdhara Gala male. Because of this power dynamic, the Pan Wala male is reluctantly pushed toward the Southeast of Yala Block 1.
