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 …
Himanshu Kaushik | TNN Ahmedabad: The lion king will have better handlers henceforth. The Union ministry, in a recent decision, has said that only experienced personnel of the Indian Forest Services (IFS) will get critical posting like conservation of Asiatic lions in Gir. This decision was taken at a recent …
Himanshu Kaushik | TNN Ahmedabad: With the Supreme court slated to hear on January 12, the issue of allocation of Asiatic lions from Gujarat to Kuno Palpur in Madhya Pradesh, the neighbouring state
RASHME SEHGAL Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi has rejected a request by the environment and forest ministry to relocate Gir lions outside Gujarat. Minister of state for environment and forests Jairam Ramesh said he had personally raised the question of shifting lions from the Gir forests to the Kuno-Palpur wildlife …
Himanshu Kaushik | TNN Sasan (Gir): With the lion census due this year, the forest department in coordination with the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) will study the corridor movement of the lions. Earlier, the big cats were confined to the areas in and around Sasan and Dhari only, but …
Wild Cats Between 5-9 Years Will Be Tracked Sasan (Gir): It is official now. About 50 lions, out of the 359 lions, in Gir forest will be fitted with the Global Positioning System (GPS) collars. These lions will be mainly males in the age group of 5-9 years and at …
Despite Gujarat being in no mood to allow shifting of any of its Asiatic lions, the Madhya Pradesh government has spent over Rs. 14.53 crore to relocate 1,543 families in the Kuno Palpur Wildlife Sanctuary being prepared as an alternative habitat for the king of the jungle. At present, Asiatic …
Ahmedabad: The state government in the Assembly on Friday proclaimed that the Asiatic lion which died in Gir recently had jumped off the bridge and died of heommorage. However, forest and environment minister, Mangubhai Patel did not give reason why the lion had to jump off the bridge. On December …
Manas Dasgupta GANDHINAGAR: The Gujarat government has decided to install microchips under the skin of the lions in the Gir Forest National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary, the only abode of the Asiatic lions, to track their movements. The decision was taken following a series of lion killings, both natural and …
AMRELI: An eight-year-old lion was found dead in Dhari forest range of Gir Wildlife Sanctuary in the second such incident in less than a week, forest officials said on Tuesday. Body recovered The body was recovered a couple of days ago by some villagers in Khamba taluka. According to the …
The Centre has proposed Project Lion, a conservation project on the lines of Project Tiger, to protect the last remaining Asiatic lions in India. A 2005 census found that there were 359 Asiatic lions left, all at Gujarat's Gir wildlife sanctuary. The Centre had made several attempts to reintroduce this …
National wildlife board seeks expert opinion shifting the big cats to MP Himanshu Kaushik TNN Ahmedabad: The standing committee of the National Board for Wildlife which met in New Delhi on Wednesday has asked experts to review and give their opinions on the scientific and social aspects of translocation of …
Ahmedabad: Locals near Gir Sanctuary earn about 70 per cent of their income from tourists, the task force report underlined. Taking 2004 as base, the report stated that the total income from tourism is estimated at Rs 74 lakh of which Rs 51lakh is revenue raised by local people. This …
Himanshu Kaushik | TNN Ahmedabad: The task force which reviewed the India Ecological Development Project (IEDP) in Gir has urged the Centre and state government to work out a policy to relocate Maldharis outside the park with adequate budgetary allocations. This, according to the task force report submitted to the …
Activists Raise Pitch Against Shifting Of Gir Lions To MP Himanshu Kaushik | TNN Gandhinagar: Even as the standing committee of National Board for Wildlife prepares to discuss the issue of translocation of Asiatic lions from Gir forest to Kuno in Madhya Pradesh (MP), on Wednesday, non-governmental organisations and wildlife …
Himanshu Kaushik | TNN Gandhinagar: The issue of shifting of big cats from Sasan Gir to Kuno Palpur in Madhya Pradesh has once again come into focus with standing committee of National Board for Wildlife to take up the matter on September 16. Officials in the forest department said shifting …
Dhari (Amreli): A decomposed carcass of a male leopard was recovered from a river bed near Kotada village of Khambha taluka of Amreli district on Thursday evening. District forest officer (DFO) Maniswar Raja said,
Himanshu Kaushik | TNN Gandhinagar: With Union minister of state (independent charge) for environment and forests Jairam Ramesh planning to visit Gujarat, especially Gir Sanctuary, forest department officials here are working overtime to showcase conservation of the Asiatic Lion in the state. The department is busy making a presentation to …
