Asiatic Lion - Data, Pictures & Videos

[Sanju]

(12-13-2018, 01:48 PM)Rishi Wrote: That actually depends on the will of the FD. It will not stop completely, but can most definitely be reduced enough.
Keeping poachers, grazers etc. out of hundred of sq.kms of core forest is much much tougher, but is being done quite successfully all over India. 
Idea is to Jail 1 out of 10 & other 9 will stop, automatically.

These mostly start by the lions & humans getting used to each other's presence outside the sanctury (maldharis have almost never been accused or involved in these shenanigans).

Then in one case some local youths start to posting images captioned "loin king in my mango farm!!!"

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Then someone figures out that if a mock charge doesn't work, then the lions tend to simply run away.

...and 
Those two are actually hard to prove, prosecute & prevent, without omnipresence or self 

Then comes selfies...illegalised, needs aggressive enforcement. If uploading it on the internet becomes risky, the practice is expected to reduce drastically.

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Same with nighttime flashlight photography/filming... Although hard to prevent, these have been made illegal & anybody uploading those must be apprehended immediately!

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The baiting is also done by small-time local establishments & FD can make short work of the"industry" of they try.
They may get away with it once or twice, but not forever. When few start getting thrown into prison, vast majority of them will abandoned the practice.

Also cubs of these artificially fed lions, are the ones that grow up to be put lions dependent on people for food. Maybe they can hunt, but behave like the early tigers of John Varty.

Good comprehension. Reply