A. Species
Scientific name: Panthera leo
Common name(s): African lion (English), Simba (Swahili)
Global IUCN Red List Threat Status: Vulnerable
B. Location of use
Geographic location(s):
- Tanzania, United Republic of
Country/Region:
C. Scale of assessment
Scale of assessment: Multiple sites
Name/Details of location: Burigi–Biharamulo, Katavi, Mkomazi, Moyowosi–Kigosi, Ruaha–Rungwa–Kisigo, Sadani, Selous– Mikumi, Serengeti–Maswa–Ikorongo–Grumeti, Tarangire, and Ugalla
D. Timescale of use
Start Year: 1988
End Year: 1992
E. Information about the use
How is the wild species sourced?: Wild species sourced from its natural habitat
Type of use: Extractive
Practice of use: Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals
Lethal or non-lethal: Lethal
Does this use involve take/extraction of: The whole entire organism
Purpose(s) of end use: Collection/display
Motivation of use: Recreational
Is this use legal or illegal?: Legal under national law
F. Information about the Users
Which stakeholder(s) does the record primarily focus on?: Non-local External
G. Information about the sustainability of use
Is there evidence that the use is having an impact on the target species?: Wild species sourced from its natural habitat
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an ecological perspective been recorded?: Yes, considered unsustainable
Details of assessment carried out: "By matching offtake to population sizes, it can be determined which species are potentially under-or over-exploited by tourist hunters. "
Brief summary on why the use has been assessed/judged to be sustainable or unsustainable: "If effective rates of recruitment are similar to reedbuck, lion and leopard are probably being hunted on an unsustainable basis."
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an economic perspective been recorded?: not recorded
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from a social perspective been recorded?: not recorded
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from a human health perspective been recorded?: not recorded
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an animal health/welfare perspective been recorded?: not recorded
Recommendations provided in the record to maintain or enhance the sustainability of the use of the target species
"certain species are being exploited at dangerously high levels from a conservation standpoint. These are eland, and possibly small antelope, principally duikers, bushbuck, both species of kudu and reedbuck, and perhaps lion and leopard. Hunting quotas for these species need to be reduced to let populations recover."
Record source
Information about the record source: scientific_pub
Date of publication/issue/production: 1998-01-01T00:00:00+0000
Source Reference(s):
Date of record entry: 2023-04-21