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Mountain lions in the greater Los Angeles region are consciously shifting their activity to avoid interacting with human residents, a new study has found. Big cats living in areas with higher ...
Human–lion conflict refers to the pattern of problematic interactions between native people and lions. Conflict with humans is a major contributor of the decline in lion populations in Africa. [1] Habitat loss and fragmentation due to conversion of land for agriculture has forced lions to live in closer proximity to human settlements. [2]
The Tsavo lions may have been accustomed to finding dead humans at the Tsavo River crossing. Slave caravans to the center of the East African slave trade, Zanzibar, routinely crossed the river there. An alternative argument indicates that the first lion had a severely damaged tooth that would have compromised its ability to kill natural prey. [13]
Prospective infanticide is a subset of sexual competition infanticide in which young born after the arrival of the new male are killed. This is less common than infanticide of existing young, but can still increase fitness in cases where the offspring could not possibly have been fathered by the new mate, i.e. one gestation or fertility period.
25 lions were transported by Animal Defenders International to sanctuary in the United States five years ago, but this might be the first time a rescue has flown 33 lions in one plane.
The 56-year-old’s loss made headlines in the east African country as it led to the spearing to death of six lions in retaliation by the Maasai people, who have co-existed with wild animals for ...
The lions could have taken a small connecting bridge, but the researchers suspect that human foot traffic on the bridge deterred the brothers from choosing that path. Shifting lion populations
The Creating Co-existence workshop at the 5th Annual World Parks Congress (8–17 September 2003, Montreal) defined human-wildlife conflict in the context of human goals and animal needs as follows: “Human-wildlife conflict occurs when the needs and behavior of wildlife impact negatively on the goals of humans or when the goals of humans ...