People steal meat from wild lions
source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8167000/8167681.stm
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Incidences of such kleptoparasitism, the stealing of food from another, usually occur between top predators such as lion, hyena and cheetah.
But people are increasingly getting in on the act, conservationists say.
They suspect the practice may be much more common than thought, and are concerned that it could threaten the dwindling numbers of lions in Cameroon.
An account of one particular incident where local villagers were caught stealing meat from a lion kill has been published in the African Journal of Ecology.
On the morning of the 28 March 2006, biologist Marjolein Schoe of Leiden University in The Netherlands and colleagues were tracking a male lion fitted with a radio collar in Benoue National Park, in the Northern Province of Cameroon.
This may have a serious impact on a lion population which is already under serious stress by human encroachment
Lion expert Hans de Iongh
They found him and a collared female lion both feeding on a newly killed Western hartebeest antelope.
But people are increasingly getting in on the act, conservationists say.
They suspect the practice may be much more common than thought, and are concerned that it could threaten the dwindling numbers of lions in Cameroon.
An account of one particular incident where local villagers were caught stealing meat from a lion kill has been published in the African Journal of Ecology.
On the morning of the 28 March 2006, biologist Marjolein Schoe of Leiden University in The Netherlands and colleagues were tracking a male lion fitted with a radio collar in Benoue National Park, in the Northern Province of Cameroon.
This may have a serious impact on a lion population which is already under serious stress by human encroachment
Lion expert Hans de Iongh
They found him and a collared female lion both feeding on a newly killed Western hartebeest antelope.
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idealist
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the lion is just like most people just trying to get bye in the world.
the lion figures if he try's to fight the man he will get shot.
i feel the same way. - 2 years ago
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