Asiatic Lion - Data, Pictures & Videos

[Rishi]

(12-13-2018, 11:04 AM)Sanju Wrote: In a place, where lions and people live together, these will not stop. no matter how many laws and what laws are implemented or enacted. They might not shoot the video, but this harassment, conflict and teasing wont stop. Every person can't be spied all the time.

That actually depends on the will of the FD. It will not stop completely, but can most definitely be reduced enough.
Keeping poachers, grazers etc. out of hundred of sq.kms of core forest is much much tougher, but is being done quite successfully all over India. 
Idea is to Jail 1 out of 10 & other 9 will stop, automatically.

These mostly start by the lions & humans getting used to each other's presence outside the sanctury (maldharis have almost never been accused or involved in these shenanigans).

Then in some local youths start to posting images captioned "loin king in my mango farm!!!"

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Then someone figures out that if a mock charge doesn't work, then the lions tend to simply run away.

...and in some cases overzealous (& often influential) tourists doing "lion sighting".

The above two are actually ones hard to prove, prosecute & prevent, without omnipresence or self created evidence like footages or photos.

Then comes selfies...illegalised, needs aggressive enforcement. If uploading it on the internet becomes risky, the practice is expected to reduce drastically.

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Same with nighttime flashlight photography/filming... Although hard to prevent, these have been made illegal & anybody uploading those must be apprehended immediately!

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The baiting is also done by small-time local establishments & FD can make short work of this "industry" if they try.
They may get away with it once or twice, but not forever. When few start getting thrown into prison, vast majority of them will abandoned the practice.

That'll since another major problem as cubs of these artificially fed lions are the ones that grow up to be half-wild lions, dependent on people for food. Maybe they can hunt... but behave like the tigers of John Varty!

Everybody was so busy foulmouthing Gujarat govt. that they completely ignored their commendable legal reforms for better management of lions in post #578:

Quote:Gujarat has announced a range of new initiatives for the conservation of the Asiatic lions.

• The project includes setting up a veterinary hospital and 8 rescue centres.
• A special ambulance service to be available all over their range.
• They also plan ramp up surveillance near Gir forest during night using strategically placed CCTV camera network, to tackle illegal lion shows, on the lines of Corbett TR's successful E-eye.
• 33 Rapid Response Teams with be created for taking quick reactions on complaints & tipoffs on illegal activities.
• A 24-hour helpline, for getting vital information from the public about lions, will also be launched soon.
• To increase the prey base for lions, 4 new breeding centres for prey animals to be created.
• 100 more 'trackers' would be recruited to fill the staff-vacancies of Gir & keep an eye on lions.
• 120 veterinary experts and technicians will be recruited.
• Degraded rangelands would be converted to grasslands for lions & their prey.
  

24hr hotline, better informer network, CCTV surveillance, reaction teams etc. should do the trick. 

Even developing habitat patches all over Bruhad-Gir & prey breeding may be just the right incentive needed for the lions to spend more time away from people's property. Reply