Shifting lions from Gujarat: MP govt seeks Rs 7cr from Centre
BHOPAL: Madhya Pradesh government has sought over Rs 7 crore from the Centre to shift Asiatic lions from Gujarat to its Palpur Kuno Sanctuary under Sheopur district of Gwalior division. The move came...
View ArticleShift Asiatic lions from Gujarat to Madhya Pradesh: SC to Centre
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday directed concerned organizations to shift Asiatic lions from Gujarat to Madhya Pradesh. Asiatic lions will have a second home in Madhya...
View ArticleGujarat to study SC verdict on lions before taking next step
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat government today said it will study the full judgement of the Supreme Court on relocation of Asiatic lions to Madhya Pradesh before deciding its future course of action on the...
View ArticleIndia floods kill 10 endangered lions near Gujarat sanctuary
NEW DELHI (AP) -- Monsoon flooding that killed dozens of people in western India last month also hurt the world's last population of wild Asiatic lions, forest officials said in a report. At least 81...
View ArticleGujarat lions vanish from UP forest
VARANASI: In one of its kind wildlife mystery, what actually happened to the three Asiatic lions brought from the Gir forests of Gujarat to Chandraprabha Wildlife Sanctuary in Kashi Wildlife Division...
View ArticleAsiatic lion population in Gujarat rises to 523
The number of female lions is double that of male lions The population of Asiatic lions in Gujarat has seen a rise of over 27 per cent since 2010 and today stands at 523. According to figures released...
View ArticleFlood kills 10 endangered lions near Gujarat sanctuary
NEW DELHI: Monsoon flooding that killed dozens of people in western India last month also hurt the world's last population of wild Asiatic lions, forest officials said in a report. At least 81 people...
View ArticleLion cub run over by train in Gujarat
RAJKOT: A lion cub died was killed after being hit by a goods train in Gujarat's Amreli district on Sunday. The seven-month-old male cub was found lying besides the track between Bherai and Pipavav...
View ArticleGujarat soughts Centre’s nod for Rs 150-crore lion conservation plan
GANDHINAGAR: The Gujarat government has sought approval from the Centre for its Rs 150-crore Lion Conservation Plan. Not only that, it has demanded that the central government bear the lion's share —...
View Article66 lions died in Gujarat last year; not a single one poached: Govt
GANDHINAGAR: Gujarat government today informed the state Legislative Assembly that 66 Asiatic lions from the Gir wildlife sanctuary and the surrounding areas died in the last one year, though not a...
View ArticleLioness strays into temple, attacks two
A lioness, which strayed into a temple in rain-ravaged Amreli district and attacked two women devotees on Friday, was rescued and released into the jungle after a 15-hour-long operation by forest...
View ArticleIndia floods: Monsoon rains cause havoc in Gujarat
26 June 2015 From the section India Many people are still stranded in the worst-affected Amreli district Authorities in India's Gujarat state say incessant monsoon rains have caused widespread damage...
View ArticleLion falls into an open well in Gujarat village, dies
RAJKOT: In yet another incident of unnatural death of Asiatic lions, about 12-year-old Asiatic lion fell into an open well in...
View ArticleGujarat government to conduct lion census in May
As many as 2,000 trained employees of the forest department of the Gujarat government will carry out the lion census from May 2 for four days. Ahmedabad: Five years have passed by and it’s time again...
View ArticleAsiatic lioness killed by farmer in Gujarat
An Asiatic lioness was allegedly electrocuted by a farmer in his sugarcane field in Mathasuriya village along Gir Forest in Gujarat, department officials said on Wednesday. “Postmortem...
View ArticleJavadekar urged agnst challenging shifting of Guj lions to MP
Bhopal , June 29: With the death of nine Asiatic lions following heavy rains in Gujarat, a wildlife body has requested Union minister Prakash Javadekar not to challenge in Supreme Court the shifting of...
View ArticleAsiatic lions missing after floods sighted in Gir forest
Nearly 30 Asiatic lions, which were untraceable after last month’s heavy rains that claimed the lives of 10 felines, have been sighted in Gir forest area of Gujarat’s Amreli district....
View ArticleLion rescued from well in Gujarat
Forest officials from Gujarat’s Junagadh district rescued a male Asiatic lion from a well on Monday morning, in an operation that lasted a few hours. The 9-year-old lion strayed...
View ArticleDead lions in India floods spark catfight
AHMEDABAD: Wildlife experts voiced anger on Monday at the death of nine endangered lions in floods in western India, saying it showed that at least some of them should be relocated to preserve their...
View ArticleAfter snubbing MP, Gujarat to send Asiatic Lions to UP
After rejecting the proposal to send Asiatic lions to a sanctuary in neighbouring Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat government is set to transfer four animals to the proposed safari at Uttar Pradesh Chief...
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