Meet the warriors who helped save the Asiatic lions of GirBabu Dhola, a Gir villager, had set off the first alarm about a disease outbreak hitting the lions. The Gir villagers are local volunteers ...
16 Oct, 2018, 09.15 AM IST
More Asiatic lion cubs sighted in Gir sanctuaryGir sanctuary is the sole home of Asiatic lions and is considered to be one of the most important protected areas in Asia due to its suppor...
15 Oct, 2015, 01.36 PM IST
- More Asiatic lion cubs sighted in Gir sanctuary
We have sighted about 100 Asiatic lion cubs in the sanctuary during the four-month closure period which is likely to attract more tourists,...
15 Oct, 2015, 01.30 PM IST
- 150 artificial points for lion's outside Ahemedabad's Gir sanctuary
With the census result throwing surprises that over 160 Asiatic lions were situated outside the protected area, the forest department has n...
20 May, 2015, 10.27 PM IST
150 new water points set up for Asiatic lions in GirIn the the latest census, the number of Asiatic lions in Gir, the only abode of these big cats, has increased from 411 in 2010 to 523 this ...
20 May, 2015, 04.46 PM IST
Number of Asiatic lions in Gir now at 523, up by 27%: CensusThe number of Asiatic lions in Gir sanctuary and its surrounding areas has gone up to 523, an increase of 27 per cent since 2010, according...
10 May, 2015, 10.23 PM IST
- Number of Asiatic lions in Gir goes up, reaches 523: Census
The number of Asiatic lions in Gir sanctuary and its surrounding areas has gone up to 523, an increase of 27 per cent since 2010, according...
10 May, 2015, 09.44 PM IST
- No sign of Gir transfer, MP seeks to shift zoo lions to Kuno
The state government has decided to translocate Hyderabad-bred Asiatic lions to the Kuno reserve in Sheopur district, instead of waiting fo...
05 Dec, 2014, 06.22 PM IST
66 lions died in Gujarat last year; not a single one poached: GovtThe Forest Minister also listed some steps taken by government to stop unnatural deaths of lions, like construction of fence along the of r...
11 Jul, 2014, 09.29 PM IST
Railways agrees to limit train speed near Gir forest to prevent accidents with Asiatic lionsWestern Railway has agreed to reduce speed of trains passing through tracks near Gir forest in Gujarat's Amreli district to prevent acciden...
04 Jun, 2014, 04.23 PM IST
Railway agrees to limit train speed near Asiatic Lions' abodeThe meeting was held in the wake of the death of six Asiatic lions of Gir forest in separate accidents after being run over by trains.
04 Jun, 2014, 01.29 PM IST
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...
14 Aug, 2013, 09.56 PM IST
Lioness sets a record, gives birth to five cubs in GirIn the movie 'The Lion King' (1994), Mufasa and Sarabi had a little cub Simba who wanted to rule the Pride of Rock. In Gir though, a liones...
18 May, 2013, 01.25 AM IST
Gujarat has not given up fight yet on relocating Asiatic lionsThe Gujarat government would be exploring "all legal options" to challenge the Supreme Court verdict on relocation of Asiatic lions to neig...
17 Apr, 2013, 09.51 PM IST
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...
12 Jul, 2012, 02.10 AM IST
Lion dies of pneumonia in Gir forestA male Asiatic lion died in Dedakadi range of Gir forest due to pneumonia.
03 Jun, 2012, 05.24 PM IST
- '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...
27 Dec, 2010, 05.37 PM IST