Current status of lion prides

[Maghreb]

(02-07-2023, 02:48 AM)hotbit  Almost an impossible task, if the Private Reserves themselves don\t keep numbers or updates...or erase their records.  I have noticed, in the comments on YouTube videos, people want to know pride details: how many cubs, subs, lionesses etc. and sometimes the history. There was one poster, possibly a member here, who gave a good explanation on how and why the original Birmingham pride split, to become the Birmingham breakaway. very interesting. Wrote: I appreciate the information you have provided.

Some thoughts.

A forum thread does not seem to be a very readable form to keep track of the status of different prides, when there is more and more updates.

What 'standard' features to choose?
- dominant males
- number of adult females
- number of subadult females
- number of subadult males
- number of cubs (also sexes?)
... What about ages, genealogy of pride members etc?

How to classify breakaway groups?

For some regions, maybe this might be easier for leopards.

But it would be great to have some kind of the 'Lion Encyclopedia' 

(p.s. sorry about size/type of the font, can't make it uniform...)

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