Multi-institutional survey of social, management, husbandry and environmental factors for the SSP African lionPanthera leopopulation: examining the effects of a breeding moratorium in relation to reproductive success

A breeding moratorium enacted in the early 1980s for A frican lions P anthera leo in N orth A merican zoos was lifted in 1998. However, post‐moratorium reproduction was poorer than expected from 1999 to 2005. In 2007, therefore, a multi‐institutional survey was conducted to provide a general overview of the Species Survival Plan® ( SSP ) African lion population ♀♀, and assess relationships between social, management, husbandry and environmental...