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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...
NGT seeks response from Centre, states regarding heatwave conditions across countryThe National Green Tribunal has sought responses from the Centre and several states regarding extreme heat conditions across India. Citing ...
Vir Vikram Yadav appointed new Directorate General of Civil Aviation chiefVir Vikram Yadav is the new chief of DGCA. This appointment is part of a major reshuffle of senior bureaucrats. Twenty-five civil servants ...
'Very Very Important Chick': Meet India’s most protected newly hatched bird. Tiny life guarded like a VIP by 50 officialsA Great Indian Bustard chick hatched in Gujarat, a rare conservation success. Forest officials are providing round-the-clock protection for...
Former Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh slams Centre for taking credit for Great Indian Bustard conservation in KutchA Great Indian Bustard chick hatched in Kutch after a decade. Former Minister Jairam Ramesh stated he initiated conservation efforts in 201...
Maharashtra to send 50 leopards to Reliance Foundation's Vantara facility in Gujarat: SourcesThe Maharashtra government will transfer fifty leopards to the Vantara wildlife rescue and conservation centre in Jamnagar, Gujarat. This m...
Tiger returns to Gujarat: Ratanmahal forests now home to three big catsGujarat now hosts lions, tigers, and leopards. Tigers have been spotted in Ratanmahal forests. The National Tiger Conservation Authority ha...
Gujarat roars back on India's tiger map after over 30 years; NTCA declares it 'tiger-present' stateGujarat has officially been reinstated as a 'tiger-present state' after over three decades, with the National Tiger Conservation Authority ...
29% rise in Asiatic lion population in GirThe exercise was undertaken as the five yearly census could not be carried out in May due to the coronavirus outbreak and lockdown, it said...
- Ban of harmful NSAIDs sought for vulture conservation
As a part of Wildlife Week, 2017 celebration the Wildlife Circle of Gujarat Forest Department has organized a symposium on Vulture Conserva...
- Gujarat marine sites to get German help
The Gujarat forest department will collaborate with the German federal ministry for the environment, nature conservation, building and nucl...
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...
- 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 ...
238 lions died in Gir forest in five years, says Congress MLAAlleging carelessness in protecting Asiatic lions by the Gujarat State Forest Department, Ribadiya claimed that 238 lions had died during t...
- Caracal trapped in wild weed rescued by Gujarat forest department
The forest department rescued a female caracal (a wild cat known for its reclusive behaviour) that had got trapped in gando baval weeds in ...
- After snubbing MP, Gujarat to send Asiatic Lions to Uttar Pradesh
After 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 ...
- Researchers put satellite tag on whale shark off Guj coast
For the first time in India, a whale shark has been tagged with a `satellite collar' to track the migration routes, behaviour and ecologica...
Warrant against Aamir in Chinkara caseThe Gujarat forest department has handed an arrest warrant against actor Aamir Khan -- for allegedly filming chinkaras while shooting for '...