African Lion in South Africa

Being the largest cat on the african continent this predator stamps down respect and pride.
Lions have been hunted by man since the beginning and has almost be eradicated by farmers protecting there live stock.
Lion was originally wide spread a cross southern africa but is now only located in a few game reserves.
Lions now only have value in the sense of tourism as they need large areas of land and they cause a lot of damage to game farmers breeding stock when being re-introduced.
The game reserves which do have lion though have managed to bring the population up so successfully the lions numbers is becoming a problem in small protected areas, as the lion do break out when there numbers increase beyond the carrying capacity of the land.

Diet description: Lions prefer medium large prey antelope and prides tend to specialise in hunting species such as buffalo and in some cases elephant.

Socializing: Lions are gregarious and form tribes with 1-3 dominate males which would have breeding rights with females of the pride

Lions are some of the more impressive predator species located on the African continent

Weight 100 - 300kg

Diet: medium large antelope

Reproduction: 1-6 cubs usually 4

Gestation 110 days