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Asiatic Lion Reintroduction Project

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09-09-2016, 07:20 AM

That is the book that I mentioned, a good book, but still full of inaccuracies. The page about the size of the Indian lion is incorrect and a real mess of measurements, and even this chapter don't get to a conclusion about which of the cats was first in India (lion or tiger). However, like I mentioned before, newest and more accurate scientific (not popular) documents present a clarification of this issue.

I think that the case of the lion in the Indian culture is somewhat exaggerated by Mitra, as even Divyabhanusinh (2005) accept the fact that the lion was used as a royal symbol just because the tiger was to much spiritual and powerful, that they afraid that the kings could believe that they were in the same level of divinity, so they choose a more material image, not used before, and add to this the influence of the Babilonic-Persian culture and the love for the lion (pg 78 and 79). Also, the tiger is not just a vehicle of the divinities, but is a god by itself. Check this book:


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It is amazing how large and deep was (and still is!) the cult to the tiger in all Asia.

Well, with this last clarification, let's return to the topic.

I think that more important that the presence of one of two tiger in Kuno, a real problem for the translocation of the lions is the government of Gir itself. If the lion is no more only in Gir, they will loose the monopoly and could affect they image. However, they say that they are only afraid for the safety of the lions. What do you think?
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