Lions and Tigers in India

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Translocations of wild animals was 100% posible in the old days. Romans transported and kept alive large number of lions and other animals, and in one ocasion, over 500 adult lions were captured and presented alive for a celebration of Julio Cesar (all of them, sadly, were killed in that particular "celebration"

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It seems very weird that no lion fossils has been found in the Gir area and fossil evidence is equivocal and need more studies. At the moment, no lion fossil has been found and earlier studies can't distinguish between lion and tiger fossils. [img]images/smilies/sad.gif[/img]

Obviously, these two facts partialy suppor the claim of Valmik Thapar, and although lion-scientists (like Mena) denied this facts, WE can't ignore them if we want to found the truth.

I think that we most try to found more data to suport our claims, before dismiss them just because they don't fit in our previous conceptions.

Good debate by the way, I think that this conversation will bring very interesting data that will enrich our knowledge of the Indian lion, independently if the theory of Thapar results to be correct or incorrect.
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