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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...- Govt says 555 Asiatic lions died in five years, no rise in mortality rateOver the years, experts have demanded the translocation of lions in India as the big cats have been geographically isolated in Gir. A secon...
- Meet the warriors who helped save the Asiatic lions of GirBabu Dhola, a Gir villager, had set off the first alarm about a disease outbreak hitting the lions. The Gir villagers are local volunteers ...
- GPS-aided cameras to keep track of Gir lionsThe state forest department is getting ready to install GPS-aided ‘camera traps’ — a network of remotely operated system with motion and in...
- 150 new water points set up for Asiatic lions in GirIn the the latest census, the number of Asiatic lions in Gir, the only abode of these big cats, has increased from 411 in 2010 to 523 this ...
- 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.
- Number of Asiatic lions in Gir now at 523, up by 27%: CensusThe number of Asiatic lions in Gir sanctuary and its surrounding areas has gone up to 523, an increase of 27 per cent since 2010, according...
- Number of Asiatic lions in Gir goes up, reaches 523: CensusThe number of Asiatic lions in Gir sanctuary and its surrounding areas has gone up to 523, an increase of 27 per cent since 2010, according...
- Asiatic lion's total goes up, may touch 500The first round of Asiatic lion census that ended on Tuesday, has raised expectations that the population of big cats in the state may now ...
- ‘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.
- Wild grazers make up 76.4% of lion prey in GirThe lions of Gir are more expert hunters than cattle lifters. A study by experts revealed that lions within the sanctuary hunt ungulates - ...
- Gujarat's lion plan may get central govt's nodGujarat government may soon get central assistance for the conservation of lions in Gir.
- Railway agrees to limit train speed near Asiatic Lions' abodeThe meeting was held in the wake of the death of six Asiatic lions of Gir forest in separate accidents after being run over by trains.
- Lioness sets a record, gives birth to five cubs in GirIn the movie 'The Lion King' (1994), Mufasa and Sarabi had a little cub Simba who wanted to rule the Pride of Rock. In Gir though, a liones...
- Deadly virus threatening Gir lionsA deadly virus that wiped out a significant number of wild lions in the African Serengeti in mid 1990s is now threatening Gir - home to Ind...
- Opposition blames Modi for 'neglect of lions'While the Gujarat government mulls over filing a review petition against the Supreme Court order on relocation of Gir lions, the opposition...
- 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...
- Gir Sanctuary lost 86 lions in three yearsThe last abode of Asiatic Lions, Gir Sanctuary, lost 25 lions in the year 2011-12 till December, the Gujarat assembly was informed.
- 'Wildlife friends' help Asiatic lions conservation in GirThe Gujarat forest department's initiative of involving local population by appointing 'vanprani mitra' (wildlife friends) in the last abod...
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