These could include not laying tarmac on the roads to contain a heavy flow of traffic. The current metre gauge rail tracks should be maintained and not enlarged to broad gauge and trains should be prohibited from entering the PA after sunset. So long as the Asiatic lion population remains restricted to a single location it is at risk from catastrophic events. It is vital that a second population be established at a new location. To that end much work has been carried out examining possible translocation sites.
Much work needs to be done such as establishing a viable prey base before lions can be translocated.
The current population within the Gir PA can easily sustain removal of sufficient adult animals to start a second population. Indeed, the removal of some lions may actually help maintain the current population within the PA as it seems to have reached capacity. All information copyright 1997 - 2000 alic.