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Lion With Collar

  • tinkapuppy by tinkapuppy

    This lioness appears to have a collar. Am I completely wrong?

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  • davidbygott by davidbygott moderator

    You are completely right 😃 This is an established phenomenon - the Serengeti Lion Project has been radio-collaring lions for the past 46 years, and today every lion pride in the study area has at least one collared female. The collars make it much easier to locate the lions and collect routine demographic data on a large population, and do not seem to interfere with the lions' normal lives.

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