Well said, Alan! J
Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 13, 2017, at 8:07 PM, Alan C <[email protected]> wrote: > > John, it's a complicated story. > > Lions are the only cats living in groups (prides) which they do to defend > permanent water sources. The waterholes attract herds of prey, also allowing > the Lions to drink & wash after eating. The mini troughs only supply small > quantities of (emergency?) water, thus cannot sustain large herds. The old > wind-pumps were used to fill reservoirs which in turn fed large drinking > troughs. The Road antelope which are confined to the more arid northern parts > of Kruger were almost wiped out (down to 18) by encroaching lions but have > now increased to a couple of hundred. A herd of 30 was recently spotted at > Tzendze Rustic Camp. Some herds have also been bred in protected areas. > However, the battle is not yet won because the captive herds don't adapt > easily to the wild & the genetic diversity is low. There is a plan to > introduce some Roan from Zambia in an attempt to improve the gene pool. > Research is ongoing. > > Alan C > > > -----Original Message----- From: John > Sent: 14 November, 2017 3:43 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: PESO: Thirsty > > So, what keeps the solar powered water troughs from attracting unwanted lions? > >> On 11/12/2017 22:54, Alan C wrote: >> A young Bull Elephant & a Warthog sharing a mini solar powered water trough. >> Virtually all the old high yield wind-pump fed water troughs have been >> closed down because they were skewing the natural game distribution. In >> particular, Lions were being attracted into previously arid areas & >> seriously impacting the survival of the rare Roan antelope (amongst others). >> >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/38334958622/ >> >> K5 with the HD 55-300 at about 100m (cropped). >> >> Alan C >> >> --- >> This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. >> https://www.avast.com/antivirus >> >> > > > -- > Science - Questions we may never find answers for. > Religion - Answers we must never question. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
