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Asiatic Lion Reintroduction Project

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05-24-2018, 05:37 AM ( This post was last modified: 05-24-2018, 09:26 AM by Rishi )

(05-23-2018, 11:17 PM)Pantherinae Wrote: Is there any noteworthy progress with the relocation of lions. 

I'm personally a bit unsure about the two biggest cats sharing a Reserve, I don't say they can't at least in the past, but when there's limited space and surrounded by the urban jungle, I find it hard to see it not turning into a full out war between them! 
It's like with the cheetah and lion relationship in Africa, its been going fine for hundreds of years, but when they are forced closer together the lion has become the number 1 threat for cheetahs. I'm not comparing the tiger with a cheetah, but it shows limited space will change things quite a bit.

Alone I think the lions would struggle, but they come in prides and coalitions that might be ugly for the tiger and the lions breed like rabbits, but for Indian tourism it would be absolutely fantastic to have these two species sharing the Reserve, but would the sharing last?

Hard to say I would love to see it, but I'm also fearful that one species would wipe out the other.

Latest news (read above) is from March that the grievances are being worked out, with smooth translocation as the goal. I currently have no info on how successfully that has been going though! 

Although there is no intention to initiate such "sharing" anytime soon, status of tigers might play a vital role...

Kuno probably has tigers now & with field-work for on going tiger census already done in Kuno Palpur (see ^#322), maybe they are gonna look into the report. If it does have resident tigers, that might be a HUGE pickle for the lion relocation (great news for tigers though). Otherwise random young & inexperienced transient males won't be a threat to the prides.
 
On the other hand, if tiger presence is confirmed in Dangs forest of Gujarat (see #1,280) then that might create the possibility for MP to exchange tigers for more lions, which would be good for both Dang's tiger & Kuno's lion population!
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