Restoring lions Panthera leo to northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: short-term biological and technical success but equivocal long-term conservation

By L. T. Hunter, K. Pretorius, L. Carlisle, M. Rickelton, C. Walker, Rob Slotow, J. Skinner. Oryx, 2007

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Subfields: Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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Evaluation of a compensation scheme to bring about pastoralist tolerance of lions (2009, background): “Lion populations that have been reduced to below carrying capacity are capable of rapid recovery; cub survival as high as 78.5% (Hunter et al., 2007) and annual growth rates of 30–80% have been reported for small populations free from human-caused mortality (Maddock et al, 1996; Kissui and Packer,…”
Translocating lions into an inbred lion population in the Hluhluwe‐iMfolozi Park, South Africa (2008, methodology): “Reintroductions are now well-practiced techniques that are used to establish lion populations in new reserves (Killian & Bothma, 2003; Druce et al., 2004; Hunter et al., 2007).”
Monitoring of Reintroduced Tigers in Sariska Tiger Reserve, Western India: Preliminary Findings on Home Range, Prey Selection and Food Habits (2010, background): “Reintroduction of large predators had a poor success rate in the past [3-5] and the overall conservation benefits in the long term are questionable [6-7].”
Impact of conservation interventions on the dynamics and persistence of a persecuted leopard (Panthera pardus) population (2009, background): “Lion (Panthera leo) numbers in Phinda were carefully monitored by reserve staff and the population size was known with certainty throughout the study (Hunter et al., 2007).”
Practical Considerations for the Reintroduction of Large, Terrestrial, Mammalian Predators Based on Reintroductions to South Africa's Eastern Cape Province (2007, unknown): “1874-8392/07 2007 Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.”
Edge effects and the impact of non‐protected areas in carnivore conservation: leopards in the Phinda–Mkhuze Complex, South Africa (2010, methodology): “To test this, we compared the RAIs of the six prey species, lions and hyaenas with independent density estimates in Rowe-Rowe (1992), Balme et al. (2007), Hunter et al. (2007) and annual counts of ungulates from Mkhuze derived using ground-based distance sampling (EKZNW, unpubl. data).”
The reintroduction of large carnivores to the Eastern Cape, South Africa: an assessment (2007, background): “The data from the Eastern Cape shows that every species of large African carnivore can be reintroduced and translocated successfully within fenced reserves, and data from Phinda Private Game Reserve in KwaZulu-Natal (Hunter et al., 2006) also demonstrates that lions can be successfully translocated.”
Animal Translocations: What are they and why do we do them? (2012, unknown): “…the restoration of populations of large carnivores, where local community attitudes and behaviours can be significant determinants of project outcomes (Hayward et al., 2007; Hunter et al., 2007; Jule et al., 2008; Lohr et al., 1996; Meadow et al., 2005; Nilsen et al., 2007; Zahniser & Singh, 2004).”