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(11-10-2016, 11:25 AM)Spalea Wrote: From the book "Simba, vie et mœurs du lion" * by C.A.W Guggisberg, Payot edition: "In 1908 it seems they were only 13 lions in the Gir forest. Strictly protected, their number growed up little by little" (I translate the french version...). Page 52...
*: "Simba, lion's life and behaviour"
Govt numbers from 1963 on wards,don't know how trust worthy numbers (source) before that but 13 in 1908 to 285 in 1963 is highly impossible.Yup, even govt numbers are also not 100% true, they are just estimates, expect 0-20% error.