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| Jackson, P. | |
| Lions outgrow forest, eat neighbours | |
| 1990 BBC Wildlife: 838-838 | |
First the good news: the only surviving Asiatic lion population, confined to the Gir forest in western India, has risen to 284 individuals, according to a census in May 1990. This represents a substantial increase in numbers since 1974, when only 180 were counted. The bad news is that the lions, renowned for their lack of aggression towards people, have been involved in about 90 attacks on local people in the last two years, resulting in at least 15 deaths. At the root of the problem lies the shrinkage in lion habitat. |
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