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(05-07-2021, 01:30 PM)Tr1x24 Wrote: Inbreeding in between first and even 2nd/3rd generation of lions is not dangerous, but longer mating over the years between the same family can potentially raise some problems in genes etc..
But this rarely or never happens in wild, as males moved of and change, thats more in closed private reserves or zoos..
I understand it, but it is still a long-term problem.
Not in this case. The Greater Kruger National Park is vast and has a viable, self-sustaining population of lions. So much so that even if inbreeding does happen within a particular pride, in the long term it will be mitigated or phased out entirely by natural dispersal of new lions, coalitions and prides.