Asiatic Lion - Data, Pictures & Videos

[Rishi]

(05-07-2020, 06:17 PM)OncaAtrox Wrote: In my opinion, in order to truly save the Asiatic lion lineage there should be a program put in place to swap genes between captive and wild population and increase their genetic diversity.

Absolutely yes, that right now is only viable thing we can do... Although unlike Amur tigers, who have a lot of genetic diversity stored within captive stock worldwide, all captive asiatic lions had been sourced from Gir post 1950.

While their population at Gir itself is too dense for introducing any (& competition is high enough to weed out any genetic weakness), we could/should introduce lions from captivity and different parts of Greater Gir to as many new potential sites with their state independent of the interstate.
The Kuno reintroduction plan is absolutely nauseatingly bad... to transfer 2-3 whole prides of related coalition males & lionesses, instead of pairing up random individuals from as many different areas of their range possible. Reply