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Asiatic lion numbers surge 32% in five years, touch 891: ReportIndia's Asiatic lion population is growing. The latest count shows 891 lions in 2025, a 32.2% increase from 2020. Female lion numbers are a...
Lion population in Gujarat goes up from 674 to 891 in 5 years; footprint expands tooGujarat sees a rise in Asiatic lion population. The count reaches 891, up from 674 in 2020. Lions now roam across 11 districts of Saurashtr...
Gujarat govt to cut buffer around 19 sanctuariesFormer director of Bombay Natural History Society Asad Rahmani said, “The ESZ should be decided on the ecology of the area and not on polit...
Census reveals that one in three lions live outside Gujarat sanctuariesIn absolute numbers, the strength of lions living outside sanctuaries went up by 126% between the two census exercises, forest officials sa...
- Census: One in three lions lives outside Gujarat sanctuaries
One of every three lions in Gujarat's Saurashtra lives outside sanctuaries, the final count of the May 2015 lion census has revealed.
Home stay policy at Gir to be reviewedGujarat tourism department, following the notification of July 1 that has brought tourism department’s home stay policy around Gir Sanctuar...
Plastic choking Gir, the pride of GujaratEvery year, wildlife lovers and voluntary organizations clear tonnes of plastic littering the 36 km-long Girnar Parikrama route.
Plastic choking Gir, the pride of GujaratEvery year, wildlife lovers and voluntary organizations clear tonnes of plastic littering the 36 km-long Girnar Parikrama route.
Lion found dead near JunagadhA lion was found dead in Junagadh Agricultural University (JAU)'s research farm on the outskirts of Junagadh town on Tuesday morning.
Gujarat's lion plan may get central govt's nodGujarat government may soon get central assistance for the conservation of lions in Gir.
Asiatic lion's abode set for Unesco leapThe proposal for the World Heritage Site status for Gir and Girnar could make it the county's first to be on both cultural and nature site ...
Plastic invades lion’s abodeLakhs of visitors to the annual Lili Parikrama of Mount Girnar have gone back leaving the Girnar wildlife sanctuary, the abode of Asiatic l...
- Leopard found dead in Girnar Forest in Junagadh
About ten-year-old leopard found dead in Girnar wildlife sanctuary in Junagadh. According to forest department officials, the leopard was f...
- Gir's plastic heap worries foresters
The day is not far when an Asiatic lion chokes on a plastic bag in the only place it calls home — the Gir forest. Environment activists hav...
- Roaring success: Lion count in Gujarat up by 52 since 2005
The lion census figures declared on Sunday in Gujarat show that there are 411 big cats in Gir sanctuary and surrounding areas —a jump of 52...
- Ropeway project to temple put on hold to "save" vultures
The Centre has put on hold the proposed ropeway to Gujarat's religious shrine atop Mount Girnar citing threat to the nesting of endangered ...