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GIR LION RESERVE
Centre issues draft notification for Eco-Sensitive Zone around Gir protected areaThe Centre has declared 1.84 lakh hectares around the Gir Protected Area as an Eco Sensitive Zone (ESZ) through a draft notification. This ...- Endangered population: How Tauktae cyclone scare flagged concerns for Gir’s lionsGir’s lions may have escaped the Tauktae fury, but the cyclone scare has flagged the risk of keeping the entire endangered population in on...
- What's stopping the Asiatic lions of Gir from getting a new home?Gujarat’s refusal to move some of Gir’s lions to Madhya Pradesh despite the death of 24 lions has more to do with politics than the effecti...
- Conservation of Gir lions a success; but conservationists fear risks of single-location reservesGir in the southern Saurashtra peninsula of Gujarat, which is the lone abode of the Asiatic lion in the wild.
- ‘Amreli lion numbers up, may need another reserve’The state may soon need a second sanctuary for Asiatic lions on the banks of river Shetrunji if the forest department’s initial estimate of...
- 129 Gir lions died in past two yearsThe number of lions that died in the Gir sanctuary and outside the reserved forest area has increased in the past two years.
- No sign of Gir transfer, MP seeks to shift zoo lions to KunoThe state government has decided to translocate Hyderabad-bred Asiatic lions to the Kuno reserve in Sheopur district, instead of waiting fo...
- Gujarat lions vanish from UP forestIn one of its kind wildlife mystery, what actually happened to the three Asiatic lions brought from the Gir forests of Gujarat to Chandrapr...
- 4 lion deaths on rail tracksFour lions including cubs have been killed on the rail tracks in Gir Forest till June this year, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Saturday.
- Tiger state crouching to leap on Gujarat ka SherFor Narendra Modi, hailed by his admirers as 'Gujarat ka Sher', lion is more than an emblem for tourism iconography.
- After snubbing MP, Gujarat to send Asiatic Lions to Uttar PradeshAfter rejecting the proposal to send Asiatic lions to a sanctuary in neighbouring Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat government is set to transfer fou...
- After snubbing MP, Gujarat to send Asiatic Lions to UPGujarat govt set to transfer four animals to the proposed safari at Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav's native Saifai village in ...
- Good weather, plenty of prey for lions in Kuno, says Madhya PradeshGujarat, miffed by the court order on its Gir lions, is asking a string of questions regarding the suitability of MP to house the big cats.
- Second home at Kuno-Palpur ideal for Gir lions, says expertHowever, findings of a recent survey in Kuno sanctuary by Wildlife Institute of India (WII), World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) - India and t...
- Supreme Court allows translocation of Asiatic lions to Madhya PradeshThe Supreme Court today allowed trans-location of Asiatic lions from Gujarat to Madhya Pradesh, saying the species is under threat of extin...
- Wind-powered water holes for Gir lionsThe drought-like situation in the Gir area has shown that water holes filled by wind or solar powered pumps attract more animals than those...
- Illegal lion shows go on for Gir touristsWildlife activists have demanded a ban on illegal lion shows in Amreli district on the outskirts of Gujarat’s Gir sanctuary, where cattle i...
- 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...
- Gujarat opposes shifting lion sanctuary to MP tiger reserveAmidst growing concern over depleting tiger population in the country, Gujarat stoutly opposed in the Supreme Court, the Centre's proposal ...
- Lions kill man in village near GirA pride of lions killed a 28-year-old man near Babra village in Gir reserved forest area of Junagadh district, police said on Saturday.
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