Junagarh: To protect the world’s last remaining Asiatic lions, a vaccine for more than 500 of the big cats in and around the Gir Forest National Park in Gujarat have reached India from the United States. Officials of the Forest Department of Gujarat have arrived in Mumbai to get hold of the crucial shots, which are likely […]
JAIPUR: Leopard safari at Jhalana, which has hogged limelight on the international circuit of wildlife lovers, will be inaugurated by chief minister Vasundhra Raje. The project has been developed under the state government’s ambitious Project Leopard, a first in the country. The wildlife safari, which was a pending proposal during the Congress government, is said to be […]
A 26-member strong pride of the endangered Asiatic lions in Gujarat has almost been wiped out with 23 lions dying in the last 20 days and the three surviving members of the pride battling for life. The lions succumbed to the deadly infection of canine distemper virus (CDV) and tick-borne babesiosis. The Gir sanctuary in […]
JAIPUR: Wildlife tourism in the state will reach a new high as forest department is set to introduce a lion safari at the Nahargarh Biological Park for wildlife enthusiasts, residents and tourists from Wednesday. Forest minister Gajendra Singh Khimsar inaugurated the lion safari in September. The forest department will now finally throw open the park […]
All 10 Asiatic lions, rescued from the Dalkhaniya Range in Amreli district following the death of 11 big cats, have died at the Jasadhar animal care centre. The lions succumbed one after another between September 20 and September 30, sending a shockwave in Asia’s solitary abode for lions. RAJKOT/AHMEDABAD: All 10 Asiatic lions, rescued from […]
The two cubs, a male and female, born on August 25 are healthy and normal. Lions are extinct in 26 African countries and numbers in the wild have plummeted 43 percent over the last two decades, with roughly only 20,000 left, according to the IUCN. BRITS (South Africa): Watching the two little lion cubs boisterously […]
NAINITAL: A carcass of a two-month-old elephant was recovered from Sarpudali range of Corbett Tiger Reserve (CTR). The post-mortem has been conducted to determine the cause of death of the calf and a final report is awaited. The post-mortem has been conducted and we are yet to receive a report.” Corbett officials claimed that the […]
NAGPUR :Finally, in a breather for T1, the problem tigress of Pandharkawda, forest minister Sudhir Mungantiwar has agreed to keep away Hyderabad sharpshooter Nawab Shafath Ali Khan, to give a fair chance to tranquillise the big cat. At a meeting in Mumbai, state’s chief wildlife warden AK Misra and additional PCCF (wildlife) Sunil Limaye managed to convince […]
Highlights: Six cubs, three lionesses and two lions were found dead between September 12 and September 19. The deaths of the endangered big cats were all of natural causes brought on by injuries sustained in a fight over territory GANDHINAGAR: The deaths of 11 lions and lionesses in just eight days was the grim but […]
GANDHINAGAR: The Gujarat forest department on Friday claimed that the death of 11 lions over the past eight days in the state’s Gir Sanctuary was due to infighting and liver problems, and not foul play. The carcasses of 11 lions were found from Gir (East) forest range. Nine of these were found in the Dalkhaniya range and two were […]
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