Project Lion could displace Maldharis within Gir to create ‘inviolate space’

The proposal seeks to relocate 2,500 families of the community from the Gir protected area within 10 years

Project Lion: Proposal identifies 6 relocation sites apart from Kuno-Palpur

The proposal seeks to create free ranging lion populations within Gujarat and in India to counter lack of genetic diversity within Asiatic lions

Wildlife Week: Trade in bones, taxonomic reclassification potential threats for Asiatic lions

Vying for attention with the greatly championed and more widespread Indian tigers, Asiatic lions may be fighting a difficult battle

More than Rs 25 crore for Asiatic lions unspent despite 331 deaths

Positions of forest guards, veterinarians and foresters are lying vacant and a vaccine is yet to be developed

DTE Exclusive: Govt report blames half of Gir lion deaths in January-May this year on diseases

The other half died of natural causes, snake bite, electrocution and by falling into wells

गुजरात के गिर में 5 माह में 92 शेरों की मौत

प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी ने 10 जून को ही एशियाई शेरों की संख्या बढ़ने पर खुशी जताई थी

92 lions already dead in Gir this year, report flags

Union govt was aware of high mortality even as PM Modi played up rise in count 

अपने ही गढ़ में क्यों ढेर हुए शेर

गुजरात के गीर राष्ट्रीय उद्यान एवं वन्यजीव अभ्यारण्य में शेरों की मौत क्या वन विभाग की अनदेखी का नतीजा थी? 

Three Asiatic lions mowed down by goods train in Gujarat

Six lions were crossing the track on Monday night when the incident happened

Lion attack in safari park near Gir, one killed

The Devaliya Safari Park near Sasan houses 10 lions. On Thursday morning, three forest department employees were attacked, resulting in …

Is it time to find a second home for Asiatic lions?

The recent deaths of lions in Gir has raised the issue of their translocation to a safer place

Not just virus, tourism and staff crunch also kill Gir lions

Illegal lion shows and laxity in protection of forests one of the major reasons behind deaths of 23 Asiatic lions

‘It may be too late to contain virus outbreak killing Gir lions’

An American researcher, who worked on mitigating the canine distemper outbreak in Tanzania’s Serengeti National Park in 1994, talks to Down …

How two-year-old Una flogging incident is killing Gir lions today

Most of the dead Gir lions were suffering from canine distemper, which spreads from dogs to bovines and water bodies before reaching big cats

Emerging cross-species infections are killing lions and humans

Infectious agents causing life-threatening diseases are spreading to new hosts, and human actions, ranging from dairy farming to tourism, are …

‘Those who have endangered the Asiatic Lion’s future, have to be held accountable’

Experts say the only take away from the recent deaths of lions in Gir is that a second home for them can no longer be delayed

All wild Asiatic lions in Gujarat to be screened for disease

The move comes after 11 lions died in just 8 days

Don’t bait the King

“Lion Live Bait tourism” mushrooming in Gir

‘Nearly 200 Asiatic lions died in and around Gir in 2016 & 2017’

Gujarat government reveals figures on the floor of the state Assembly

Gir deaths: one lion, two lionesses found guilty

While the lion killed and ate a teenager, the lionesses were not involved in attacking and killing, and ate leftover body parts

91 lions died in Gujarat last year, the highest in three years: Javadekar

In 2013, 76 lions had died in Gujarat. The number increased to 78 in 2014

Lives of others

Wildlife is more of an academic concern except when the charismatic tiger is wiped out from a protected forest or our favourite fish vanishes …

Interview: Janpath Executive Secretary Harinesh Pandya Speaks on Murder of Amit Jethwa

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