With this, the Ambardi Safari Park becomes the third facility in the state where wolves have been released in soft-release facilities as part of the state government’s plan to restock the population of wolves in the wild.
The Forest department conducts leopard census every five years. The last census was conducted in 2016 and the population of these large carnivores was estimated to be 1,395. That figure was second only to Madhya Pradesh.
Even as growing population of Asiatic lions in Gujarat’s Gir is becoming deadly for humans as well as cattle, the state government is in no mood to transfer them to other states.