Human–lion conflict

[1] Habitat loss and fragmentation due to conversion of land for agriculture has forced lions to live in closer proximity to human settlements.

When depredation events take place, farmers suffer financial losses and lions face threats of retaliatory killing.

Factors such as farms' distance from water sources,[2] protected areas,[5][7] elevation[2] and surrounding vegetative cover[5][7] may all play a role.

Corralling livestock at night[5] as well as providing guards to monitor lion movements to prevent and deter predation[1] can limit losses.

In the North West province of South Africa, around $375, 797USD were lost as a result of game and livestock losses caused by depredation.

[5][8] However, lions typically attack cattle which incur higher financial losses than sheep and goats (hunted by hyenas and leopards).

It is common for farmers to not even report livestock losses due in part to dissatisfaction with response time and amount.

While a threat for all predators, lions are killed disproportionately to the number of losses they are responsible for as opposed to hyenas and leopards.