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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...
- 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.
- 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.
- Cheetah reintroduction hits roadblock for want of fundsNauradehi has been found most suitable for the cheetah given that its forests are not dense to restrict the fast movement of the spotted an...
- 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.
- Now, book your tryst with Gir lions onlineIf you want to spend some time in Gir in the company of Asiatic lions, you need not worry about long queues anymore.
- 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...
- Rusty-spotted cat found in KutchIn what could be considered as a rare sighting for Kutch, a rusty-spotted cat, which is one of the smallest species of cat in the world, ha...
- 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...
- Power of oneIt may be the world’s largest democracy with a 71.4-crore electorate, but the election commission is making sure that every vote counts.
- 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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