The Hindu·3 min read·medium
Coastal lions depend mainly on wild prey, study finds
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Abhinay Deshpande
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A study of Asiatic lions in Gujarat's coastal regions reveals that they primarily hunt wild prey like nilgai and wild pigs rather than livestock. This finding challenges previous assumptions that lions in human-dominated landscapes rely heavily on domestic animals for survival.
Asiatic lions living along Gujarat’s coast depend mainly on wild prey rather than livestock, challenging the long-held belief that lions outside the Gir Protected Area survive largely on domestic animals, according to a study published in the peer-reviewed journal Conservation.
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