Asiatic Lion Reintroduction Project

[Rishi]

(03-08-2019, 07:57 PM)Rage2277 Wrote:

(03-08-2019, 05:23 PM)Rishi Wrote:

(03-08-2019, 05:03 PM)@Lycaon Wrote: @Sanju  and @Rishi 

Do you guys think kuno is capable of having gaur back for the lions and tigers?

No gaurs to the northwest of Bandhavgarh. They went extinct from those dry parts naturally as the vegetation wasn't ideal for them. 
Nilgai, sambar, pigs, feral camels etc. should be enough.

what about onager and hard ground buffalo? they're gonna need more large herd animals

Thank you for asking this...

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Once found all over Central Asia, the Kulan wild ass, also called Khur or Onager in India & Gur in Iran was hunted by lions in Iran & Indus valley. Now India's limited population in Gujarat Rann of Kutchh have crossed 5000 & they're spreding out.

But they are really adapted for scrubland & deserts. At best, they might be able to make do in open thorn forests of Aravalli & Mukundara hills. The animal can run at sprint at upto 85km/hr... only blackbucks are faster.
Maybe someday lions & them can share habitat in the barren western India. But not now, nor at Kuno.

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Water-buffaloes & lions once lived in the riverine plains of North India, less than 2 hundred years ago. 
But not in the rocky plateau region. Even their hardground variety needs ample water & moist vegetation. That's one of the reasons they withered away from the western region where monsoon stays less than 2-3 months.

Buffalos are more resilient than gaurs & Gir does have that local monstrous breed. But because their numbers are already low in better habitats of Central India, i seriously doubt any such trial may happen anytime soon... as there's no room for error. Reply