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ASIATIC LIONS CONSERVATION
12 Gir lions recover from infection, return to the jungleEleven Asiatic lions have died in Gir National Park. A tick-borne parasitic infestation, babesiosis, is suspected as the main cause. Forest...
PM Modi chairs National Wildlife Board meet in Gujarat, announces lion censusPrime Minister Narendra Modi went on a lion safari at Gir Wildlife Sanctuary in Gujarat on World Wildlife Day. He also chaired the seventh ...
PM Modi to visit Sasangir-Junagadh on March 3 on World Wildlife DayPrime Minister Narendra Modi is set to visit Sasangir in Gujarat on World Wildlife Day, focusing on Asiatic lion conservation. Measures inc...
Reexamining translocation of Asiatic lions from Gir to MP's Kuno National Park: Centre to SCThe application said that in view of the recent introduction of African cheetahs in the Kuno National Park and steps taken to secure the fu...
Wildlife checklist: Take your dream safari to Gujarat's Gir National Park or Jim Corbett in UttarakhandEnjoy a jungle safari to raise awareness on wildlife conservation.
- Lion kingdom expanding, no steps to protect it
The lion kingdom is expanding — the count of Asiatic lions is 523 according to the census concluded last week — but no steps are in place t...
- Gujarat forest department used only half its lion funds
If the figures tabled in the state assembly are to be believed, the government has spent less than 50% of the grants allocated to lion cons...
- Zoological Society of London enters in Asiatic lion Conservation
The Gujarat Forest department has gone Smart. The department will use smart software which will be used for tracking the movement of their ...
Lion population in Gujarat on the riseDespite step-motherly treatment by the Centre, the lion population has grown steadily along with the area in which they can be found, claim...
Gujarat launches awareness drive to protect Asiatic lionsWith a view to inform people about legal provisions pertaining to protection of Asiatic lions, the forest department of Gujarat has launche...
Wildlife bill gives tiger lion's share of protectionThere are more than 1,800 tigers in the country today.In contrast, there are just 411 Asiatic lions, all of them in Gujarat.
- 'Human Assisted Dispersal' of lions will be a very good development
The re-introduction of Asiatic Lions in some part of their former range, which once existed from West Asia to eastern parts of India, has l...
Green signal for lion safari park in UPSP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav first came up with the idea of the lion safari project in 2005 but it could not take shape further in BSP re...
- ‘Gir saturated, transfer a lifeline’
"It is important to have a second population to save the last wild Asiatic lions," says ecologist Craig Packer, director of the Lion Resear...
New 109 sq km conservation reserve earmarked for lions in AhmedabadThe swiftly-multiplying Asiatic lions of Gir have got the forest department to consider expanding the lion’s kingdom. Now that these big ca...
Lion dies of pneumonia in Gir forestA male Asiatic lion died in Dedakadi range of Gir forest due to pneumonia.
- 139 Asiatic lions died in Gujarat in last three years
Around 139 Asiatic lions, including cubs, died in Gujarat in the last three years (2009 to 2011), the state assembly was informed today.
- 'Wildlife friends' help Asiatic lions conservation in Gir
The Gujarat forest department's initiative of involving local population by appointing 'vanprani mitra' (wildlife friends) in the last abod...
- New habitat for Asiatic lions in MP
Gir is poised to lose its status as the exclusive home of the Asiatic lion. Two pairs of the lions obtained from zoos will be let loose in ...
Watch out, another Gir grows in MPGir is poised to lose its status as the exclusive home of the Asiatic lion. Two pairs of the lions obtained from zoos will be let loose in ...