Restoring Lions Panthera leo to Northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: Short-term Biological and Technical Success but Equivocal Long-term Conservation

Authors:
Hunter, L.T.B., K. Pretorius, L.C. Carlisle, M. Rickelton, C. Walker, R. Slotow and J.D. Skinner

Publication Date:
2007

Abstract/Summary:
The success of efforts to re-establish mammalian carnivores within their former range is dependent on three key factors: methodological considerations, the biological requirements of the target species, and the involvement of local human communities for whom large carnivores pose a threat. We consider the role of these factors in the first 13 years of an effort to re- establish wild lions in northern KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa.

Resource Type:
Peer-reviewed Article

Source:
Oryx

Link:
http://www.repository.up.ac.za/dspace/bitstream/handle/2263/5907/Hunter_Restoring(2007).pdf?sequence=1