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| Jackson, P. | |
| Improved prospects for Asia's last lions | |
| 1982 Zimbabwe Wildlife: 19-22 | |
In 1955 massive over-grazing by domestic cattle was steadily destroying the Gir Forest in the Kathiawar peninsula of India, north of Bombay, the last refuge of the Asiatic lion. "At present rate of attrition the Gir should only last another 20 years, during which there will be more and more contact and conflict between man and lions", wrote a young Californian ecologist who visited the forest at that reduction in livestock grazing and an urgent ecological study to determine the right balance between livestock, forest growth and wildlife. Only then, he declared, could positive management be implemented to ensure the future of lions. |
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