Asiatic Lion - Data, Pictures & Videos

[Spalea]

@Ashutosh 

You told at #2158: " @Spalea, the lions that command the areas of Gir and Girnar (which have abundant prey) don’t go out looking for domestic animals. They tend to stay within the forest and only move out during the rains. I have personally never seen an Asiatic coalition of more than 3 males. This has also something to do with the prey size (as compared to Africa). "

Yes, agree with you, I think that, in the historic core of the Gir park, only the forest absolutely prevails and within it the lions are 100% hunting wild preys. Nevertheless their population being constantly increasing they try to expand in the vicinities of the forest, and from that interactions with human settlements quickly start. When a 200 lions populations were living in the "pure" forest of Gir park, they clearly were dependant of their natural preys (nigaults, sambar, boars...) but now how many are they now ? 600, 700, 800 ? Thus the majority of them are being forced to find easy preys among the herds of domestic livestock.

No coalition of more than 3 males ? Yes, that is what I said: the competition between prides isn't as intensiv as in the African big parks, and this by far. Reply