The Congo Lion

[Matias]

Link: https://rd.springer.com/article/10.1007/...017-1039-2


There was a probability of being a captive lion! 20 years separate the last sightings of lions, and due to the distance between Bateke and Odzala / Kokoua it is possible that it is a lion from the area of Léfini Faunal Reserve. If this lion is still alive the reintroduction of lions of the Complex Benoué, Pendjari or Zakouma would retain its differentiated genetics, strengthening this new population. We must also recognize that any new population of lions relocated to live on the Bateke Plateau will constitute a single population (insular) and there is no practical means of genetically contaminating any populations of nearby lions.

 "A survivor who has found in the densely forested area a refuge, an adaptive behavior that has never before been witnessed. With a delay of three years, now definitely this specimen has an enormous conservation value"

Although extremely unlikely, like him, there may be some ghosts in: Yankari, Digya, Comoé, Mole, Kankan .... Reply