27 May 2019

Gujarat: Six held for illegal lion show in Gir

SIX Persons, including a juvenile, were held by the forest department on Monday after they were allegedly caught red-handed organising an illegal lion show in revenue area Veraval taluka of Gir Somnath district. Revenue areas are not considered part of the wildlife sanctuary. Five of the six accused were identified as Aniruddha Nathani (30), Hiren Vaishnav […]

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27 May 2019

Wildlife in captivity: Lion Shows

Lion shows using Baits It was during the visit of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India, to the Gir forest in 1955, that tethered buffalo baits were provided for the first time to anchor lions so that they could be conveniently shown to the distinguished visitors. This technique was perfected and adopted […]

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