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: Individual Site
Name/Details of location: The Katavi-Rukwa ecosystem, in the Great Lakes Region of East Africa north of Lake Rukwa
D. Timescale of use
Start Year: 1988
End Year: 2002
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?: No, sustainability not determined
Brief summary on why the use has been assessed/judged to be sustainable or unsustainable: "legal hunting could be causing the apparent decline of lions in the Katavi-Rukwa ecosystem by eliminating individuals born in hunting blocks and males that disperse into hunt- ing blocks from the Park. Nonetheless, a reduced prey base resulting from illegal hunting may also be contributing to their possible decline." (p.113)
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
"Legal hunting of lions needs to be reduced from the current quota of 23 males per annum to a lower figure, perhaps 10, and strict limitations need to be placed on taking males younger than six years of age (Whitman et al. 2004). An offtake of around 10% is too large for most mammal populations, es- pecially those suffering from additional adverse effects of infanticide generated by repeated re- moval of males." (p.114)
Record source
Information about the record source: scientific_pub
Date of publication/issue/production: 2008-01-01T00:00:00+0000
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Date of record entry: 2023-04-24