#human-animal-conflict

#human-animal-conflict

Once they came down only at dark from the canyons. Now they trot out bold in daylight on sunlit pavement. Still, if you move close, they vanish fast into shadows under the freeway, blocks from the ocean. Up beyond the flammable mansions on over- built lots, where they once burrowed safe, gave birth to ravenous young. Now they watch under scaffolding swinging above sliding foundations. Near the homeless tarps, scattered fires.

The recent census revealing that India’s wild lion population has increased to 891 is overshadowed by child safety concerns and human-animal conflicts that remain unresolved.