Effect of retaliatory killing on coalition size, tenure period and community attitude towards retaliation effect on lion population

Data on male lion coalition was obtained from a long-term studyof Tarangire Lion Project collected through lion monitoring from 2004 to 2018. A total of 46 coalition groups were obtained and mapped to assess whether there are located in retaliation risk areas or not. <br> Data on the survey of assessing the community awareness on the effect of retaliatory killing to lion population was collected through questionnaire survey. The survey was conduxted to the villages surrounding the protected areas and the villages were selecetd based on the record of lion killing collected ovr the past 14 years.