Floods kill 55 in western India as relief work continues
AHMEDABAD: Relief workers were Saturday trying to reach residents stranded by floods in India's western Gujarat state triggered by torrential rains that have so far claimed 55 lives, officials said....
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 Article150 artificial points for lion's outside Ahemedabad's Gir sanctuary
AHMEDABAD: With the census result throwing surprises that over 160 Asiatic lions were situated outside the protected area, the forest department has now shifted its focus in these areas. The department...
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 ArticleGujarat flash floods killed 10 lions
The recent flash floods, which wreaked havoc in some parts of Gujarat, led to the death of ten lions, more than 1,600 blue bulls, and nearly 90 spotted deer among other wild...
View ArticleFloods kill nine lions in Gujarat
Rain fury: Guards fan out across region to locate 35 missing big cats In a major setback to Gujarat’s wildlife conservation, nine Asiatic lions are learnt to have been killed while 35 of them have gone...
View ArticleConservation of Gir lions a success; but conservationists fear risks of...
Kalyanji Bhai Jamuna Das Bhai Godhasara was plucking raw mangoes on his farmland in Dhava, a village in Gir Somnath district, on May 1 when a lioness attacked him. Godhasara was lucky as the lioness...
View ArticleLost’ big cats found in Amreli
AHMEDABAD: The forest department heaved a sigh of relief when they spotted a lioness and her two cubs who went missing during the floods in Amreli on June 22. The three had gone missing during the...
View Article10 lions, hundreds of other animals killed by floods in India
Ahmedabad (india): File photo shows an Asiatic lion rests at its enclosure at the city’s Kamala Nehru Zoological Garden.—AP NEW DELHI: Ten endangered Asiatic lions, 1670 blue bulls and 87 spotted deer...
View Article‘Amreli lion numbers up, may need another reserve’
AHMEDABAD: 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 the big cat's population outside Gir sanctuary...
View Article4 More Lions Found Dead in Gujarat Following Rains
The death toll of Asiatic lions following heavy rains has climbed to nine, with the recovery of four more carcasses from Amreli district of Gujarat today, officials said....
View ArticleGujarat floods take huge toll on lion prey, 1670 nilgai and 80 deers dead
More than a fortnight after heavy rains and the ensuing flash floods battered Saurashtra and Amreli district in Gujarat,...
View ArticlePuggies comb flooded jungle to track lions
AMRELI: Bhimji Mehta, 35, wades through a swamp in Savarkundla in Gujarat's Amreli district in search of the king of the jungle. Ravaged by last week's floods, unprecedented in 90 years, this part of...
View ArticlePuggies comb jungle to find lions dead or alive
AMRELI: Bhimji Mehta, 35, wades through a swamp in Savarkundla in Gujarat's Amreli district in search of the king of the jungle. Ravaged by last week's floods, unprecedented in 90 years, this part of...
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 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 Article2 more lions found dead in Amreli, toll at 8
RAJKOT: Two more lions were found dead in Bhavnagar and Amreli district on Saturday taking the death toll of the wild cats due to flash floods to eight. The carcass of a three-year-old lioness was...
View Article2 more big cats found dead in Gujarat, toll now 8
RAJKOT: Two more lionesses were found dead in Gujarat's Bhavnagar and Amreli on Saturday, taking the big cats' death toll from the flash floods in the region to eight. Forest officials found the...
View ArticleFive more lion carcasses found in Rajkot
RAJKOT: The worst fears of wildlife conservationists are slowly coming true as flood waters receded. On Friday, carcasses of five more Asiatic lions were found in villages of Amreli, Bhavnagar and...
View ArticleFive more lion carcasses found
RAJKOT: The worst fears of wildlife conservationists are slowly coming true as flood waters receded. On Friday, carcasses of five more Asiatic lions were found in villages of Amreli, Bhavnagar and...
View Article27 missing lions located near Liliya, Krakach
RAJKOT: The forest department and wildlife conservationists took as sigh of relief as over 27 lions, that had gone missing after flash floods in Shetrunji river, were located in villages around Liliya...
View ArticleFour lions found dead in flood waters in Gujarat
RAJKOT: Four Asiatic lions were found dead on Friday in Amreli and Bhavnagar districts of Saurashtra region, the last abode of Asiatic lions. "We have found two lions' carcasses-one male-one female...
View ArticleWith rising waters, Gujarat's lions fight for survival
RAJKOT: Concerns are mounting over the fate of Asiatic lions in the rain-ravaged Amreli district, which is worst-affected by Wednesday's torrential rains. Wildlife activists as well as forest...
View Article5 Lions Found Dead in Gujarat After Heavy Rain Leads to Flooding
Ahmedabad, June 27: Heavy rains, which caused a flood like situation in Gujarat's Saurashtra region, claimed lives of five Asiatic lions in the Amreli and Bhavnagar districts, forest officials said....
View ArticleFour more lions found dead in Gujarat following rains
File Photo The death toll of Asiatic lions following heavy rains has climbed to nine, with the recovery of...
View ArticleThree lions kill woman in Amreli; one big cat caged
Three lions attacked a family when they were asleep and killed the mother. (File/Express Photo) An elderly woman was allegedly attacked and killed by Asiatic lions in Bharad village in Dhari taluka of...
View ArticleLions’ abode gets eco zone cover
Ahmedabad: The ministry of environment, forest and climate change has notified an area up to a maximum radius of 17.9 km from the current boundary of Asiatic lion sanctuaries in Gujarat as...
View ArticleLions unleash terror in Gir, 10 encaged
AHMEDABAD: Ten out of a pride of 13 lions have been encaged in accordance with Gujarat government's orders after three people were killed by big cats in eastern Gir forests in the last two months. "We...
View Article10 lions encaged after spate of big cat attacks in Gujarat
Ten out of a pride of 13 lions have been encaged in accordance with Gujarat government's orders after three people were killed by big cats in eastern Gir forests in the last two months. "We have caught...
View ArticleIs it time to find a second home for Gir's free-ranging population of Asiatic...
By Dhurjoti Bhattacharya By any standard, the story of the Asiatic lions in the Gir Forests of Gujarat can be dubbed as a conservation success. Their numbers have risen steadily— from 20 lions in 1913...
View ArticleAsiatic lioness, stranded on islet, found dead
Forest officers said they were still wondering as to how the lioness, believed to be around four years old, might have reached the islet. (Source: Gujarat forest department) An Asiatic lioness died on...
View ArticleWith entire lion pride in Gir caged for first time, reports of rumblings in...
As the sun pales on a sweltering summer day, sharecropper Raju Charola, 33, his wife Champa and mother Labhu quickly tuck into their dinner of potato curry, chapati and mango pickle, inches from their...
View ArticleAsiatic lion's total goes up, may touch 500
AHMEDABAD: The first round of Asiatic lion census that ended on Tuesday, has raised expectations that the population of big cats in the state may now be around 500, an increase of 15-22% in the last...
View ArticleMore Asiatic lion cubs sighted in Gir sanctuary
VADODARA: With several new Asiatic lion cubs being sighted in Gujarat's Gir wildlife sanctuary, the forest officials are expecting more tourists to the national park which opens tomorrow after being...
View ArticleAmreli floods kill 5 Asiatic lions, 100 blue bulls
Flash floods following extremely heavy rain in Amreli and Bhavnagar districts on Wednesday seems to have taken its toll on wild animals also as four more carcasses of Asiatic lions were recovered from...
View ArticleThree human-eating lions given 'life sentence' in India
Three lions identified as having eaten villagers in western India have been caged and will never be released back into the wild, forest officials said Thursday. The male and two females were among 17...
View ArticleCentre refuses to give money for conservation of lions
The last month's flood in Gujarat killed 10 Asiatic lions in two districts at a time when the central government refused to release more money for conserving these animals. The deaths occurred in...
View ArticleDozen lions die in Amreli floods
RAJKOT: A dozen lions have died due to flash floods in Amreli district in June last week. The latest carcass of the wild cat was...
View ArticleMP's Kuno ready for lions, says Centre; Gujarat opposes
Madhya Pradesh's Palpur-Kuno Wildlife Sanctuary may soon become a second home for Asiatic lions as majority members of a central team have favoured their translocation from Gujarat's Gir. The recent...
View ArticleAsiatic lion falls from 35-foot high hilltop, drowns in Gujarat river
A nine-year-old Asiatic lion drowned after falling into Jamni river in Amreli district, an official said. “The incident occurred on May 4 [Wednesday] in Dhari forest range area when the...
View Article1,255 wild animals found dead in three talukas of Bhanvnagar district
RAJKOT: The forest officials have recovered carcasses of 1,255 wild animals including four lions and 1,225 blue bulls and 14 chittals...
View ArticleGuj flash floods killed 10 lions, about 90 spotted deer
The recent flash floods, which wreaked havoc in some parts of Gujarat, led to the death of ten lions, more than 1,600 blue bulls, and nearly 90 spotted deer among other wild animals. A report submitted...
View ArticleTransfer surplus Gir lions to Madhya Pradesh, Dijvijaya Singh says
NEW DELHI:: Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Wednesday called for the translocation of "surplus" lions from the Gir Wildlife Sanctuary in Gujarat to Madhya Pradesh. Taking to Twitter,...
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