Asiatic Lion Reintroduction Project

[Rishi]

(05-11-2017, 07:23 PM)Jimmy Wrote: Hmmmmm @Rishi there seems to be some areas for dispersal for both these cats then, but buffer zones are tricky- they are mostly used only as part of the main territory, i know lions in Gir are a differnent story but where poachers are rife, buffers are best used as a fleeting temporary shelters. So all in all there should be atleast around a hundred lions to make it a feasible translocation but as much as i like it -the two biggest cats living in the same territory, it will test both cats being so equal in terms of power and at the apex of the food chain. And like @Pckts said i also think basically these two cats require two different habitat types with some negligible overlaps, the question is would that area be enough to contain breading population of both cats in the long run?
..i hv no idea iam in the wait and see mode right now.

Yes, my points EXACTLY!!!..

1. They have both coexisted there for ages & don't need us to oversee them. Our duty is to right the wrongs we did, as much as possible.
2. Both share the same niche & have similar effect on their respective biomes.
3. I tried to visualise scenarios..but didn't really find any reason for tigers to affect a lion-pride in a way different from how a larger nomadic male might do, & vice-versa.
4. Personally i BELIEVE that, even though our lions "make do" in Greater Gir's forested tracts & our tigers in WITL's barren wastelands... Once they come in contact, they will push each other to their classic habitats, where they hold the advantage over the other.
   

In a densely forested hilly area a resident tiger should stay undetected & shatter a pride with ambushes, with many targets to choose from, working his way up the weakest link one at a time. 

While his own mate & cubs are miles away...

However, in open scrub/grasslands, the pride males would spend more time together & with females, as they don't need patrol every nook & corner, thanks to better visibility. 
There he could be overrun by sheer numbers...

POACHING IS A WAAAAAAAAY GREATER THREAT Reply