The size
of the population in Northern Tuli was constrained by a
high rate of indiscriminate anthropogenic mortality, with
94.7% of adult mortality occurring outside the reserve. The
different forms of anthropogenic suppression in evidence at
the two reserves resulted in different population-level responses,
which will ultimately affect population viability. As
conservation strategies are attempting to remove fences and
establish larger conservation areas, this study indicates how
fences can influence population dynamics in areas where
human presence threatens large carnivores.