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Living wall fences are a welcome effort to prevent conflict between lions and cattle-herding villagers in Tanzania. But the real threat to lions is that human population growth in Africa is leaving lions and their prey with nowhere to live. Lions raid Masai cattle in the villages, and then the herders kill lions in retribution. Lion numbers in the region have declined by 50% since 2003 as a result of killings by villagers, as well as habitat fragmentation and loss. But that trend is now being reversed by a new kind of pen, known as a living wall, which is keeping livestock safe from attacks by big cats, and the cats safe from Masai spears. theguardian/environment/2014/apr/07/lion-killing-tanzania-reduced-installation-living-wall-fences-masai?CMP=twt_gu More on population and declining biodiversity: populationmatters.org/issues-solutions/environment/declining-biodiversity/
Posted on: Mon, 07 Apr 2014 17:45:35 +0000

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