Lions in South-Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia

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(08-21-2024, 05:04 PM)Tr1x24 Wrote:

(08-19-2024, 05:21 AM)Mwk85 Wrote: Marakele, he died from injuries sustained in a fight with a younger male, believed to be Ukuva, one of the sons of Tembe that was relocated to the area some weeks back.

His opponent was treated..not sure how is this "fair" (unless he killed him straight in 1vs1)..

So, these reserves are bringing "new" younger males to the reserves (who eventually kill resident famous males) to bring diversety in the reserve? 

Thats a big "f.... u.." for the resident male, who is face of the reserve..

Yea i know they have a lot of males in these reserves with little space, but stil.

What happened to Marakele is very unfortunate but I don't believe that these reserves want to witness a bloodletting and they treated Ukuva to mitigate the results of the conflict.

Translocating this young male into the reserve is to bring genetic diversity as well as to regulate population dynamics by ousting the resident male. Addo Elephant National Park translocated lions in such a way that birth rates were relatively low to keep the density of lions manageable. In the absence of intraspecific competition, lions can breed like rabbits and the prey population will struggle to keep up with such growth in lion numbers, not to mention the other predators that share the same habitat as lions.

Does this mean Marakele deserved to die? Absolutely not. But I believe they were right in translocating Ukuva for the above reasons. Reply