Affidavit by HPCL Shapoorji Energy Pvt Ltd. in compliance to the National Green Tribunal order, February 12, 2020 in the matter of Protection of Environment and Public Service Committee Vs Union of India & Others. The matter related to an all-weather deep-draft port at village Chhara Sarakhadi in taluka Kodinar …
Says NGO In Its Petition Will Gir lions shifted to Kuno-Palpur sanctuary in Madhya Pradesh come into conflict with tigers that may have strayed from Ranthambore reserve in Rajasthan? For the first time, an NGO, Wildlife Conservation Trust- Rajkot, has joined as a party to the petition filed by the …
BHOPAL: State government has shot off another reminder, the second in two months, to the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) to take urgent measures to shift lions from Gujarat to Kuno wildlife sanctuary in Shivpuri district. Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi had refused to entertain the request of the …
A 5-month-old lion cub was killed for its nails and bones by poachers on the outskirts of Gir Wildlife Sanctuary near Liliya in Amreli district, forest wardens said. The mutilated carcass was found with its feet and bones missing. Forest officials suspect poachers cut the feet after trapping and killing …
Gujarat has lost 46 lions and 37 cubs in the Gir forest area in the last two years, the State Assembly was informed today. All these deaths, barring one, in the protected area which is the last abode of Asiatic lions, were due to natural causes, Forest and Environment Minister …
After some dilly-dallying on the matter, the Gujarat government finally filed a curative petition in the Supreme Court against the planned translocation of some lions from Gir to Kuno Palpur wildlife sanctuary in Madhya Pradesh. Earlier, in October last year, the apex court had dismissed Gujarat's review petition seeking a …
In the last two years, 45 lions and 37 cubs died in Junagadh and Gir Somnath districts, all of natural causes. One lion had died an unnatural death in 2013. These deaths include the 16 lions that had died in the last six months in the East and West divisions …
Despite step-motherly treatment by the Centre, the lion population has grown steadily along with the area in which they can be found, claim officials of the state forest department. In contrast, the centre had launched various schemes and allocated massive funds for the tiger. Yet the tiger population of the …
The lion expert committee formed by the Supreme Court is likely to send a team to Kuno-Palpur in Madhya Pradesh to assess the sanctuary's preparedness for receiving lions from Gir, before taking a final decision on translocation of the big cats. Incidentally, a larger bench of the apex court has …
The Supreme Court on Monday admitted a writ petition demanding a review of its April 2013 judgment that ordered the translocation of Asiatic Lions and issued notices to Centre, state government and other parties. “After hearing the argument, the three-judge division bench has agreed to review the April 2013 order …
Due to anthropogenic pressures, African lion (Panthera leo) populations in Kenya and Tanzania are increasingly limited to fragmented populations. Lions living on isolated habitat patches exist in a matrix of less-preferred habitat. A framework of habitat patches within a less-suitable matrix describes a metapopulation. Metapopulation analysis can provide insight into …
The London Zoo is coming to the rescue of India's endangered Gir lions with a 5.7-million-pound project as part of international efforts to save the Asian breed of the big cat. The project by the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) that runs London Zoo includes plans to increase the size …
Rajkot: The death of two lionesses near Pipavav port has once again raised the issue of limiting the speed of the trains, especially considering the extending kingdom of Asiatic lions. Wildlife conservationists say the speed of trains must be limited when they pass through areas which are now considered as …
The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has, once again, issued a warning to the authorities of national parks and sanctuaries about a possible attack of Canine Distemper Virus (CDV). In a letter sent to all sanctuaries, the NTCA has said that tissue or blood samples should be collected from carnivores …
Gujarat’s Curative Petition To Expose MP Govt’s Claims About Prey Base For Big Cats Ahmedabad: The Gujarat government is all set to file the curative petition challenging the apex court order to translocate lions to Kuno Palpur. The state had, after the final order on April 15, filed a review …
An agreement may be signed between the Environment and Forests Ministry and other stake holders to oversee implementation of Asiatic lions from neighbouring Gujarat to Madhya Pradesh's Palpur Kuno sanctuary. The Madhya Pradesh government has sought from the Centre shifting of some near-extinct Asiatic lions from Gujarat's Gir Sanctuary, home …
The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has rejected the Uttar Pradesh government’s proposal to construct a VVIP guest house near Mulayam Singh Yadav’s dream project – lion safari —in Etawah on grounds that the district already has three guest houses under the forest department, it is learnt. The state …
The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has rejected the Uttar Pradesh government’s proposal to construct a VVIP guest house near Mulayam Singh Yadav’s dream project – lion safari —in Etawah on grounds that the district already has three guest houses under the forest department, it is learnt. The state …
The king of the jungle has conquered new territories. About one-third of the Saurashtra region has been marked as Asiatic lioninhabited areas by the state forest department. A recent study based on frequent lion kills and compensation given to farmers says the big cats rule over a huge 20,000 sq …
Fresh Plea Has Been Submitted By NGO Based In Rajkot Ahmedabad: A Rajkot-based NGO Wildlife Conservation Trust – Rajkot has in a fresh petition moved the Supreme Court against the translocation of Lion to Kuno Palpur, Madhya Pradesh. The fresh petition demanded that the petition which is active in the …
Last month, Mumbai NGO Empower Foundation wrote to a panel created to study and chart out translocation of Asiatic lions from Gir sanctuary in Gujarat to Kuno Sanctuary in Madhya Pradesh, asking them to stay the trans-location till various issues are not resolved. The NGO has cited more than 29 …
