Updated Jan 09, 2021 | 14:12 IST
On December 21, Bhavna Bamaniya, a 17-year-old tribal girl from Dahod district was killed by two lions on an agricultural farm. Four-year-old boy killed in front of parents by leopard in Gujarat district | Photo Credit: PTI
Ahmedabad: A four-year-old boy was killed by a leopard in Nava Ugla hamlet of Gir Somnath district on January 7. This is the fourth human death because of attack by a wild animal in the greater Gir region in three weeks.
The child was injured on neck by a leopard while he was in the tur farm of Balubhai Navadiya along with his parents, Dushyant Vasavada, chief conservator of forests of Junagadh wildlife circle told the Indian Express. Nava Ugla hamlet is part of Jasadhar range of Gir wildlife division of Junagadh wildlife circle.
Gujarat: Two lions kill 17-yr-old girl at farm in Junagadh village
The DCF said the forest department was trying to catch the two lions after their “very unusual behaviour”. Unless provoked, Asiatic lions rarely attack humans. Updated: December 22, 2020 6:10:22 pm
Of the total number of Asiatic lions that perished between January 1, 2019 and December 31, 2020, a majority 152 were cubs, 90 were lionesses and the remaining 71 were male lions, forest minister Ganpat Vasava said in reply to a question by Congress MLA from Lathi, Virji Thummar.
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TWO SUB-ADULT lions allegedly attacked and killed a 17-year-old tribal girl outside her cottage on an agricultural field in Dhanfuliya village of Vanthali taluka of Junagadh district when she stepped out to answer nature’s call on Monday night, forest officers said.