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 …

Reliance mobile towers in Gir: Lion experts say any artificial object an intrusion into natural spaces

How much more will we intrude into nature, experts ask, even as the Gujarat wildlife board has already given permission to Reliance to install …

Three Asiatic lions mowed down by goods train in Gujarat

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

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

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

‘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 …

Never give up

Biporjoy: As cyclone nears Kutch & Saurashtra, concern grows over Gir lions, Naliya bustards

Some 700 lions are spread across the Gir landscape, whereas Naliya is home to 4 Great Indian Bustards

As told to Parliament (March 31, 2022): Gir’s lion density is 15.20 individuals per 100 sq km

All that was discussed in the House through the day

Forest Survey Report 2021: Overall decadal decline in forest cover in India’s 52 tiger reserves, Gir

Tiger reserves in India have lost 22.62 sq km of forest over the last decade while Gir has lost 33.43 sq km

Yes, there were lions in Haryana till the early 1800s and the British wiped them out

Between 1809 and 1823, hundreds of Asiatic lions were killed in today’s Haryana by British officers, soldiers and Indian princes aligned …

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

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Lions promoted

Don’t bait the King

“Lion Live Bait tourism” mushrooming in Gir

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

The other side of conservation

The kitty party

Whose home is it, anyway?

The Maldharis of the Gir national park face eviction because their "unsustainable" economy if threatening the Asiatic lion

Choose or else

The ecodevelopment project being implemented in Gir National Park has raked up a controversy on the issue of relocation of the native Maldhari …

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

'Forensics can easily be used in wildlife'

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 …

All wild Asiatic lions in Gujarat to be screened for disease

The move comes after 11 lions died in just 8 days