Coalitions of Kruger National Park

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(06-04-2022, 02:43 PM)Duco Ndona Wrote: Thats a lot easier and safely said than done. Especially on bigger more dangerous animals like lions. 

They probably will try first. But if all alternatives are exhousted and he doesnt move on to a nature reserve on his own. It will have to be done as they cant risk another Tsavo turning public opinion against the reserves.

Sanparks will send a team to try and relocate the animals in a case like this. As for hosting a Buffalo breeding farm right next to the Kruger. I don't know it and I haven't heard of it but it's a silly idea in my honest opinion. Buffalo are natural prey animals so it's not like they're off in a surrounding community posing a risk to life, limb and livestock like in other cases; they see buffalo and they see food so it would only have been a matter of time before a large predator got in there. There might be a valid conservation reason for the breeding facility, maybe to do with Bovine TB but the location is still dumb, and if anything happens the wildlife pays the price as it always does. 

I don't know anything of it except what I've read on here but if it's been reported then a relocation effort is probably already under way. They will typically try to track the animal and sedate it safely. Tranqs don't work immediately and it the animal is likely to injure or kill someone then unfortunately it will be destroyed. Then there is also the question of where exactly to relocate them to. Putting a single male lion in a territory where he might be killed by a larger coalition won't be done and neither will he be put where he might in turn pose a takeover risk to kill cubs and Sanparks is unlikely to advertise where they've put him even if they've managed a successful relocation. All things told, I doubt we're going to see this lion in an area anywhere close to where we've seen him before. Reply