Gujarat Court Convicts 7 for Holding an Illegal Lion Show in Gir Forest
The accused had reportedly assembled on a farm and baited a lion with a live chicken to show it to four tourists for money and recorded videos of the act.
A lioness and her cub at Gir. Photo: Ivy Dey/Wikimedia Commons
Law10/Mar/2021
New Delhi: A trial court in Gujarat’s Gir-Somnath district convicted seven men for harassing an Asiatic lion during an illegal lion show in the Babariya range of Gir (west) wildlife division in 2018, reported the
The court sentenced six of them to three years imprisonment, one person was sent to a one-year jail term and a fine of Rs 10,000 was imposed on each of them.