Gujarat reports 310 lion deaths in five yearsThe Gujarat government has told the state assembly that some 310 Asiatic lions, including 136 cubs, died in five years starting April 1, 20...
05 Mar, 2016, 08.48 PM IST
- Lioness dies due to tick-bite
The three-year-old lioness, Tapasya, which died at the Etawah lion safari on January 9 lost her life after she was bitten by a tick. Brough...
21 Jan, 2016, 09.23 PM IST
- New pride rules Gir sanctuary
There are new kings in the tourism zone of the Gir sanctuary and they have rallied up a single pride in the area.Two lions, Kabir and Abhir...
17 Aug, 2015, 06.10 AM IST
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.
18 May, 2015, 03.31 PM IST
Gujarat lost 66 lions in one yearThe Gujarat government has accepted on the floor of the state assembly that 66 lions had died in the past one year and, of these, 55 had di...
12 Jul, 2014, 01.01 AM IST
- 250 lions dead over past 5 years in Gujarat
Is the world's only abode of Asiatic lions in Gujarat under threat? The Gir wildlife sanctuary and its periphery have witnessed no less tha...
22 Jun, 2014, 08.01 AM IST
- Goods train runs over lion in Amreli
Another lion was hit by a goods train – this time near Bhammar in Gujarat’s Savarkundla taluka of Amreli district on Saturday. “The two-and...
23 Feb, 2014, 12.44 AM IST
- Lion run over by goods train near Amreli
In yet another incident, Asiatic lion was run over by a container train near Bhambhar village in Savarkundla taluka of Amreli district on S...
22 Feb, 2014, 01.48 PM IST
- Train runs over 2 lionesses near Gir, one was pregnant with 3 cubs
Two lionesses, one of them pregnant with three cubs, were run over by a container train near Pipavav port in Amreli district, around 40km f...
23 Jan, 2014, 04.53 AM IST
- Sasan's 5 lion cubs alive after 6 months
It is not often that lion cubs born in the wild survive even six months.But Laxmi, the mother of five lion cubs born in Gir on May 17, 2013...
29 Nov, 2013, 03.53 AM IST
- 100 lion cubs turn Gir into a roaring success
Gir, the world's only remaining home of wild Asiatic lions, sees about 80 to 85 new cubs every year.
10 Oct, 2013, 08.57 AM IST
Ceremony to baptize 5 Sasan SimbasIn their last abode Saurashtra, Asiatic lions have lent their name to humans with many communities using the suffix ‘sinh’. For the first t...
28 Sep, 2013, 07.24 AM IST
- SC orders Gujarat to give lions to Madhya Pradesh
Gujarat will lose its status as the world's only home for wild Asiatic lions. Supreme Court on Monday ordered that some of the lions should...
16 Apr, 2013, 06.28 AM IST
- Gir lioness baby-sits, feeds siblings when mother is away
A young lioness, baby-sitting her three six-week-old step siblings when the mother is away hunting, has caught the eye of foresters in the ...
21 Mar, 2013, 12.08 AM IST
Baby boom in Gir!As Gir reopened for tourists on Tuesday after the three-month monsoon break, it was the young Simbas who hogged all limelight.
17 Oct, 2012, 04.31 AM IST
- Week-old lion dies at Vandalur zoo
Less than a week after they were born, one of the three lion cubs at the Vandalur zoo died on Monday. Close circuit television (CCTV) visua...
07 Jul, 2011, 11.04 PM IST