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Hunter, L.T.B.; White, P.; Henschel, P.; Frank, L.; Burton, C.; Loveridge, A.; Balme, G.; Breitenmoser, C.; Breitenmoser, U.
No science, no success and still no need for captive-origin lion reintroduction: a reply to Abell & Youldon
2013 Oryx (47): 27-28
Abell & Youldon (2013) claim that restoration of lions using captive-origin animals can contribute to in situ lion conservation, suggesting it is comparable to established methods using wild-caught founders. Their argument hinges on an attempt to discredit using wild lions to restore populations but they ignore the empirical record of longstanding success from this approach. Concomitantly, they produce no data or even a credible justification to support their subjective, impractical faith in captive animals as founders.
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