‘Barbary lion reintroduction in north Africa is possible but needs long-term plans’

Down To Earth speaks to Simon Black, who teaches conservation science at the University of Kent in the UK about the now extinct-in-the-wild …

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

शेरों की आबादी का सही आकलन करने के लिए नई विधि, संरक्षण में मिल सकती है मदद

शोधकर्ताओं ने अपने निष्कर्ष में कहा कि पर्यटन के लिए शेरों को लालच देने से उनके प्राकृतिक आबादी के घनत्व पैटर्न को बहुत नुकसान ...

It’s Sarabi’s pride, Mufasa just lives there: a biologist on The Lion King

The real-life dynamics of a lion pride in Uganda or Tanzania’s national parks can be far more Game of Thrones than The Circle of Life

Zimbabwe lifts ban on lion hunting

Ban was imposed recently, in the wake of Cecil the lion’s death

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

All wild Asiatic lions in Gujarat to be screened for disease

The move comes after 11 lions died in just 8 days

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

Gujarat government reveals figures on the floor of the state Assembly

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 

‘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

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

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? 

Lion attacks rise

Population, poverty making Tanzanians preys, says study

Kenya is losing about 100 lions each year for the past decade

Pastoral communities in Kenya are on a warpath with the endangered lions as habitats are disappearing

‘Born Free Foundation’ urges US and EU to end import of lion trophies

Organisation also calls for an international moratorium on lion hunting

TANZANIA

No worries? Ask Simba

A furore over Disney's trademark on the Swahili phrase Hakuna Matata heats up the cultural appropriation debate

Relocating lions, cautiously

INDIA

ORDERS IGNORED

Lions promoted

Genetic studies may hold the key to saving west and central Africa's lions

African lions were initially thought to belong to a single subspecies but new research shows that there is more diversity on the African continent.

SOUTH AFRICA

Global Eco Watch: Major ecological happenings of the week (May 20-26)

Down To Earth brings you the top happenings in the world of global ecology

The Tiger in Tamilakam

The striped big cat of Asia occupied a unique place in the psyche and ethical consciousness of the ancient Tamils, something which continues to …