Affidavit filed by the Chief Wildlife Warden, Assam in the matter of news item titled "the last feral horses in India" appearing in Mongabay, November 5, 2024. The matter relates to the critically endangered status of feral horses in the Dibru-Saikhowa National Park as well as of smuggling of these …
The Gujarat government has asserted that it has still not heard from the Centre about its demand for Rs 262.35 crore to fund Greater Gir Lion Conservation Project. In a written reply to senior Congress leader Arjun Modhwadia
Saying there was threat of inbreeding among the Asiatic lions at Gir, Union Environment Minister and Forest Jairam Ramesh, who is on a two-day visit to the sanctuary, Thursday called for relocating them to Palpurkuno Sanctuary in Madhya Pradesh. Gir is the Asiatic lion
Ahmedabad: The Planning Commission has approved Rs 262.36 crore to expand the home of the Asiatic lion in Gir, which is its only habitat in the world. The project, Greater Gir, was envisaged by Gujarat government for conservation of the Asiatic lion. This was revealed by Union minister of forest …
AHMEDABAD: If you thought you could take a shortcut through the Gir forest and breach the king of the jungle's privacy in the night, here's some news for you. The forest department, in keeping with the safety of the wild cats, especially the females, has decided to ban entry of …
AHMEDABAD: Call it the Bachchan effect or the Diwali rush, the Lion Conservation Society of the state government has managed to secure more funds for lion conservation this year. The Gir sanctuary and the Devaliya Interpretation Centre have recorded an income of around Rs 42 lakh in the last ten …
The Gujarat High Court today asked the state government to frame a policy on forming district and taluka level committees for checking illegal mining activities. Division Bench of Chief Justice SJ Mukhopadhaya and KM Thakar passed an order in this regard while hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) against illegal …
Ahmedabad: Lion kings of Gir are enjoying the company of two queens at the same time. This highly unusual behaviour of the big cats has been revealed in a study conducted by a lion researcher, Meena Venkatraman. Contrary to behaviour seen in Africa, where a lioness mates with two males …
RTI activist Amit B Jethava, president of Gir Nature Youth Club, was shot dead by two armed assailants on July 20 night outside the Gujarat High Court in Ahmedabad. He was fighting against alleged illegal limestone mining in Gir Sanctuary Gujarat. The 200 sq km area is home to the …
TIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi: The Union environment and forests minister Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday gave green signal to reintroduce cheetah in three locations in the country. The project will cost around Rs 300 crore in the first year itself and will also displace over 100 settlements. Ramesh said the …
On July 21, barely a fortnight after he filed a PIL in the Gujarat High Court seeking an end to illegal limestone mining along the Gir wildlife sanctuary, 36-year-old activist Amit Jethava was killed. He was shot from point blank range on a busy highway in Ahmedabad, minutes after he …
The just-concluded 13th Asiatic Lion census in Gir Sanctuary has revealed an increase in their numbers. Shubhlakshmi Shukla, the only reporter to tag along with the hundreds of officials and volunteers who conducted the exercise, reports It was three in the morning and there was a stench of fresh meat. …
Globally, a majority of people including Indians are not aware that India has wild lions. The tiger, which replaced the lion as the national animal in the early 1970s, does hog the headlines and therefore has a much stronger link to India and an overwhelming presence in public conscience. The …
The Gir forest, the last surviving home of Asiatic lions in the subcontinent, has finally brought some cheer to wildlife conservationists. According to the 2010 lion population estimate, there are 411 lions, an increase of 52 over the last count in 2005. The announcement was made by Gujarat Chief Minister …
While the official number of Asiatic lions in the Gir sanctuary will be known on Friday, local people involved in the process of collecting and collating data estimate the figure at around 400. Census of the Asiatic lions in its last natural habitat was conducted between April 25 and April …
On the eve of census of the Asiatic lion population in Gir forest beginning later this week, the State wildlife officials are confident that the new, modern methods adopted this time would reduce the margin of counting errors. The State officials are also optimistic that the number of the big …
Rajkot: A day after a lion was axed to death, a decomposed carcass of an Asiatic lion was found in Junagadh on Tuesday. The postmortem report, however, stated the big cat died of old age a fortnight ago. The body was found along Machundri river at Jokhiya, near Gir West, …
GANDHINAGAR: Narendra Modi says Asiatic lions are the pride of Gujarat and he won't part with them. But the animals seem to be endangered in their sole habitat. The state government has admitted that 72 lions died in the Gir sanctuary in the past two years. Of them, one was …
