Many large carnivore populations are under threat from persecution for killing livestock. Our ability to deal with this threat is limited by our understanding of the aspects of the ecology of large carnivores and the socio-economics of humans relevant to livestock predation. This study adds new evidence to debates surrounding lion ecology, home-range analysis and human-large carnivore conflict mitigation. I use novel methods and try to span the divide between human sciences and ecology to create a holistic view of a conflict and make recommendations based on both ecology and socio-economics.