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 …
AHMEDABAD: Ahead of the 12-member committee meeting to discuss translocation of lions from Gir to Kuno Palpur (KP) in Madhya Pradesh (MP) scheduled for this month end, the Gujarat government has made it clear that MP will have to first satisfy the requirement of creating a sanctuary spread over 700 …
Weeks after a farmer blocked a route, Gujarat forest department has reduced the number of permits for lion safaris in Gir National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary (GNPWS) at Sasan-Gir in Junagadh district. Naran Solanki, a farmer, blocked way to Bhambhafod check-post in early February after it was found that the …
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 — Rs 135 crore — of the total project cost. The state government has also demanded wildlife and environment clearance …
The encouraging signs of the first 'bonding period', among the three pairs of Asiatic Lion (Panthera Leo Persica) has made Etawah Lion Safari officials hopeful of further increase in the population in coming days. They are hopeful that second mating session would lead to off springs in July. In fact, …
The state government has informed Gujarat high court that the proposed new eco-tourism zone on the coastal region in Amreli district, in the outskirt of Gir sanctuary in the last abode of Asiatic lions, will not affect the wild cat. The government has said that since lions' movement take place …
Morbilliviruses are a growing concern because of their ability to infect multiple species. The spill-over of canine distemper virus (CDV) from domestic dogs has been associated with severe declines in wild carnivores worldwide, and therefore mass dog vaccination has been suggested as a potential control strategy. Focusing on three decades …
Parks and Wildlife Management Authority employees were yesterday busy fencing Manzou Farm as they prepare to bring in the first batch of wild animals, reportedly lions and elephants. The move to bring in the dangerous animals, according to the beleaguered villagers that are still living at the farm on the …
The ministry of environment and forests (MoEF), citing a report of the CITES secretariat tabled for the 65th meeting of the standing committee, has stated that the lion populations in Gujarat and even in Africa are under threat of poaching, due to illegal trade in lion body parts for medicinal …
Gujarat forest department has taken up a study on fluorosis among the lions in Lathi Liliya area. Anand Veterinary Institute has been entrusted with the task. The department decided to take up the study following a finding by two doctors, Dr Jalpan Rupara and Dr Purvesh Kacha. The doctors in …
Mountain lions in Southern California are under growing pressure from a shrinking gene pool, fragmented by highways and urban sprawl that has left the cats' territories increasingly isolated from each other, a study published on Wednesday showed. Analysis of DNA from about 350 mountain lions, or cougars, statewide revealed that …
AHMEDABAD: Barda Dungar, a lion translocation site within Gujarat, should be an isolated lion habitat, which should not have connection with Gir Sanctuary, suggested experts of the Wildlife Institute of India (WII). It was in October 2013 the state government had asked WII scientists and lion expert Y V Jhala …
Gujarat high court on Thursday sought an explanation from the Centre and the state government over the proposed new tourism zone in Dhari division of Gir sanctuary, the last abode of Asiatic lions. Taking suo motu cognizance of an anonymous letter from a local resident taking exception to construction in …
With camouflage uniforms, assault rifles, night vision goggles, thermal imaging devices and radios, wildlife rangers in Kenya's Ol Jogi rhino sanctuary prepare for night patrol in the "war" against poaching. As the late afternoon sun creeps towards the horizon and shadows lengthen on the sweeping plains dotted with rocky outcrops, …
Madhya Pradesh forest officials have again got on camera a Rajasthan tiger T-38 in Kuno-Palpur sanctuary where Gir lions from Gujarat are proposed to be shifted. Its dominance in the area has now become a cause of concern for the two states. State forest officials are more worried over its …
AHMEDABAD: In a major blow to the Gujarat government, the last hope against translocation of Asiatic lions to Kuno Palpur has been dashed. The three judge bench headed by Chief Justice of India R M Lodha rejected the curative petition filed by Gujarat government against the apex court's order directing …
Amid the ongoing legal battle for the translocation of the Asiatic lions from Gir forest in Gujarat to Kuno Palpur Wildlife Sanctuary in Madhya Pradesh, shocking data of lion deaths and incidents of attack on humans by the wild cats including lions in and around Gir Sanctuary in last two …
Madhya Pradesh Forest Minister Gaurishankar Shejwar on Thursday assured the Assembly that Asiatic lions from Gujarat's Gir Wildlife Sanctuary would be translocated to Kuno-Palpur Wildlife Sanctuary in Sheopur district soon. Replying to query by Satyapal Singh Sikarwar (ruling Bharatiya Janata Party) during the Question Hour, Shejwar said a technical committee …
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has called for all efforts to bring lions from Gujarat to Kuno-Palpur sanctuary so that the work to rehabilitate lions in Madhya Pradesh can be started at the earliest. Chouhan was chairing the 11th meeting of the Madhya Pradesh State Wildlife Board here on Tuesday. …
Safety measures for lions are likely to figure in the state's budgetary provisions this year. The Gujarat forest and environment department has proposed fencing along the railway tracks and construction of 23 underpasses in the coastal parts of Rajula. The death of six lions after being hit by speeding goods …
