Coalitions of Kruger National Park

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(12-06-2020, 03:59 AM)Tr1x24 Wrote:

(12-06-2020, 03:50 AM)BA0701 Wrote: Whereas the loss of a single male lion can quite directly lead to the loss of many cubs and even some lionesses, and given the much smaller numbers of the lions this could have a much more detrimental impact on so many others in the surrounding areas. Comparing the two is quite simply apples and oranges. The loss of a single lion is far more consequential than the prey he may take as a result of prolonging his life.

Single lion will always get replaced by others.. And even if his cubs will get killed, new coalition will sire new ones.. Thats how it is..

Just look how many lions Majingilanes killed, but they sired more.

Using that example, the Majingilanes, and since we have not heard specific numbers claimed as we have with the 100 reportedly killed by the Mapogos, the Mapogos absolutely did not sire 100 cubs, and I somehow doubt that the Majingilanes "History's most brutal killers" sired more cubs than the numbers they killed as well. 

I was simply stating my personal desires, no more than so many others have recently stated in regards to the wish that someone had intervened with Junior. People are free to their own opinions, and if those opinions differ from mine that is perfectly fine and acceptable. However, to imply that the act of prolonging a lion's life will have the same negative impact on prey species, that the death of said lion will have on the lion population is simply not true. In fact, the deaths of too many lions will have a greater negative impact on prey species due to the increase in those populations and the inability for the surrounding lands to maintain proper levels of food sources for them. That has been shown to lead to starvation and disease. The effects of a lions death reverberates through the surrounding areas, and to the lion population in general, whereas the death of an antelope or buffalo is not nearly as consequential to that species as a whole. To desire nature to carry on as it always has with no human involvement, is a perfectly acceptable and justifiable opinion to have, but to use the negligible impact that prolonging that lions life on the surrounding prey species is off the mark in my opinion. Reply