{"id":545,"date":"2015-03-20T15:23:35","date_gmt":"2015-03-20T15:23:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/barbarylion\/?p=545"},"modified":"2016-01-13T12:57:15","modified_gmt":"2016-01-13T12:57:15","slug":"old-fashioned-human-wildife-conflict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/barbarylion\/2015\/03\/20\/old-fashioned-human-wildife-conflict\/","title":{"rendered":"Old-fashioned human-wildife conflict"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are very few taxidermy specimens<\/a> of Barbary Lions.\u00a0Over the past 15 years my colleague, Dr\u00a0Nobuyuki Yamaguchi has spent months attempting to locate these treasures, following the footsteps of Vratislav Mazak, the famous biologist who had previously tracked down many specimens in the 1960s. Sadly some of these items have gone missing over the past 40 years. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"Velizar<\/a>

“The thief of Beja” by V. Simeonovski (click<\/a> image to see full size version)<\/p><\/div>\n

On<\/span><\/span><\/span>ly one specimen, in Leiden’s Naturalis Museum in the Netherlands, includes clear information on its provenance. Leading widlife artist Velizar Simeonovski has recreated the scene, showing the male lion being shot at close range (thumbnail link<\/a>, right) by a local Tunisian defending his livestock. Velizar also offers an interesting commentary on the story<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Th male lion at Beja was shot in 1823, over a hundred years before the last lions dissappeared from the region. Whilst many of the subsequent encounters between people and lions in North Africa include livestock predation by lions it is also true that lions became more adept at withdrawing into remote areas away from human contact. In the 20th century only one third of the 30 encounters with lions resulted in the animal being shot and only two incidents involved livestock attacks.<\/p>\n

Reading:<\/p>\n

Black SA, Fellous A, Yamaguchi N, Roberts DL (2013) Examining the Extinction of the Barbary Lion and Its Implications for Felid Conservation. PLoS ONE 8(4): e60174. doi:10.1371\/journal.pone.0060174<\/a><\/p>\n

Mazak V (1970) The Barbary lion, Panthera leoleo(Linnaeus, 1758);some systematic notes, and an interim list of the specimens preserved in European museums. Z Saugetierkd 35:34-45
\nhttps:\/\/archive.org\/stream\/zeitschriftfrsu351970deut#page\/34\/mode\/1up<\/a>
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Simeonovski, V. (2014) “The thief of Beja” 13 February 1823, the vicinity of Beja , Tunisia.<\/span><\/span> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=10200278268637339&set=a.1930331635954.58603.1772149103&type=3&theater<\/a><\/p>\n

Yamaguchi N, Haddane B. 2002. The North African Barbary lion and the Atlas Lion Project. International Zoo News<\/i> 49 (321): 465-481.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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