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| Big Cat Reintroduction | |
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| Rams_Lord | Mar 18 2015, 08:40 AM Post #1 |
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I just wanted to know what steps are involved in starting your own reintroduction programme. I am interested of helping the 3 big cats native to Ethiopia survive because of their decreasing numbers. The lion, leopard and the cheetah. Lions are said to have a population of 1050 in Ethiopia. That's more than Namibia But I'm wondering why these lions are never documented. Where are they all hiding!As for the leopard, it is still fairly numerous in Ethiopia, and they are known to grow quite large there, but again, no videos or pictures of them. And finally the cheetah, I'm struggling to find their numbers. Nechisar national park has 4000 plains zebra's, 400 grant's gazelle, 50 kudu, 15 bushbuck and 10 warthog (larger populations elsewhere). Are these sort of numbers just not enough to host a stable population of big cats, bearing in mind this isn't the biggest park in Ethiopia. The other 2, I could say 3 actually, national parks in Ethiopia are more abundant in wildlife. Gambella national park shares 500 lions with the neighbouring national park in South Sudan, but again, never seen. Omo and Mago are joined together and have around 200 lions in them. Gambella national park White eared kob- 2nd largest migration in Africa ![]() Male lion ![]() Nechisar national park ![]() ![]() Mago national park ![]() Omo national park Only leopard picture in Ethiopia ![]() So what do you think guys, is the big cat populations sustainable in Ethiopia? Any insights? A lioness spotted at Nechisar National Park- young or just a smaller subspecies? Lion at Nechisar National Park Edited by Rams_Lord, Mar 20 2015, 07:44 AM.
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But I'm wondering why these lions are never documented. Where are they all hiding!








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