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These guys have gone mad in their Brit hate. Singh is a common Hindi family name much before Brits made lions famous. Even Singapore i.e. Singh-pur is derived from Singh. So historically, Indians have loved lions. But just because Brits put it on their emblem, now they want us to hate lions...

@Sword - stop posting 3000 word articles from random websites, which have no head or tail. Argue logically point by point with one or two links to support your claim. Also, there is no point of posting random websites when it is proven scientific fact that- - tigers are bigger (usually 40-50kg...

A single lion will not go 500km away from his habitat either to face a tiger!! Since, lion is used to living in grassland, it is much unlikely that it would go to dense jungles to begin with. May be there is some weight to your theory but I do not know. Btw, I don't like lion due to fighting...

And why doesn't these tiger reduce the habitat of other cats like leopard etc?? They should also be shunted out by the tiger if that is such a big problem. Also, since lion live in groups, they would have always hunted down a single tiger. While lions would have been more or less unaffected by...

They were not introduced because Gujarat govt. did not want Gir to lose special status. Last year SC had to intervene and force them to give some lions to MP. Tigers can live in more varied environment just like deer. That proves nothing!! You are giving strawman now!

You are the one giving strawmans here. For eg. Why lions were only introduced in Gir so that they don't get killed by tigers!! Lions don't live in dense forests and so that might be one of the reasons why they never crossed NE. They are used to lazy hunting in the Savannah and not too dense...

Really!! That is super interesting.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asiatic_lion#Distribution_and_habitat The advent of firearms led to their extinction over large areas. By the late 19th century, Asiatic lions had been eradicated in Turkey.[17] In Iran, lions served as the national emblem and appeared on the country's flag. Some...

Yes, reintroduction of lions had only one parameter to consider, i.e. whether they can be saved from tigers or not!! You are really funny!

The above info are from more than 100 years ago, when there was no such big problem. I did not say lack of hunting but stupidity in hunting porcupine again and again. Read Jim Corbett's hunting details to know what I mean. I did not totally disagree from your reasoning. But there can be 10...

The links also have male lion vs male tiger fights. Northern plains are densely populated and could have been one of the reasons that lions never ventured out. Although I am not 100% sure.

You are completely discounting mane but it is an important part. Even your biased huffington post article has to say this: "In 1857, a tiger at the Bromwich Zoo broke into the cage of a lion and a fearful scene ensued: the lion's mane saved his head and neck from being injured, but the tiger...

Tiger hardly lives with others, so tiger is like those sanayasis, who has left the world. Lion is a social animal and gets respect from his herd for being the strongest one, who defends them against big predators.

This guy gave couple of links: http://defenceforumindia.com/forum/threads/tiger-or-lion-who-is-the-king-of-beast.14827/page-3#post-1115519 Check this: http://wildanimalwarfare.yuku.com/topic/6/Lion-kills-male-tigers?page=1#.VoLmIJfL-PR It gives enough examples where lions won. In the end I...

Btw, lion does not become a lion till it lives in the herd. A lion becomes a lion when it matures, leaves its pack and finds its own females. It dethrones another lion or capture some females. It has to fight another big lion to secure his position. Tigers on the other hand have no such...

haha. You don't know the quality of kings. They let small people do the job while they rest. Lion is not always the first one to eat. It eats when hungry and when he comes, the small females and kids leave for the king. You can Chi yak thuu...whatever you want. This quality alone makes lion a...

You are forgetting one important thing. Lion hardly ever hunts as it lets its subjects do the killing! He just come after the job is done to collect taxes i.e. its share of food. A lion gets stronger by fighting other lions when the new lion challenges his territory and females.

Bina praja k raja kaisa?? Without subjects there is no king!! Lion has subjects to rule over, while tiger is single forest dweller. This itself makes lion king!!