Asiatic Lion Reintroduction Project

[Sanju]

(02-13-2019, 02:12 PM)Pantherinae Wrote: what’s so ever, what I asked is a legitimate and very important question when reintroducing another apex predator where one might already exist... 

This is not a break through question and neither new and unknown and among all it is not rocket science "Project", every body knows this including experts and biologists (not Gujarat people or experts though, I think I don't need tell the reason why...). Supreme Court took decision by taking "all" into consideration by experts years back. 

If you are further interested why the decision is taken by Justice of Supreme Court:
Read the 2013 SC Judgement paper, addressing every issue and the reason.

http://www.conservationindia.org/wp-cont...r-2013.pdf

(02-13-2019, 02:12 PM)Pantherinae Wrote: and with limited space they would be a problem for each other. 

Nothing like Kuno is full of Tigers, They are sporadic with number 6 to 8 and most of them are using it as a corridor instead of permanent residence for now and ranthambore is 120 km away.

Future situation after some decades if relocation happened:

Even if their number increase in future, and after relocation, after some decades, if lions number increase, it's not that easy for lions to get to Ranthambore.

Even if they got upto there, prey populations dynamics will adjust accordingly, as after sometime Tiger, Leopard and other carnivore population will slightly decrease and Lion population will increase until the dynamics reaches equilibrium based on the prey density and availability as another carnivore is added which is absent about for some century or so. Prey numbers if limited, carnivore population adjust to accommodate all and Finally reaches equilibrium due to Inter-specific competition.

Nothing like limited prey and limited space. if they are limited then populations will be limited too but nothing earth shattering happens. In pre history, before human dominance, forests and prey are abundant, hence predator numbers are abundant, now they both of them limited hence, Lion and Tiger numbers will be limited in kuno.

The reason they fight in captivity "if they kept in same place" is due to mental stress coz they are bounded and forced to live together and in some cases may be starved to attack each other etc..

In the wild, Tiger can escape when outnumbered by lion and avoids encounter. Reply