Rajkot: The forest department on Wednesday night capture five lions from Pipavav port area in Rajula taluka of Amreli district citing ‘health check-up.
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Rajkot: Eight lions that were captured near Jetpur town in Rajkot district are languishing in Junagadh’s Sakkarbaug zoo instead of moving around freely in their natural habitat for a month now.
The lions were captured after Jetpur MLA and minister Jayesh Radadia had written to the state government seeking shifting of the felines from the area claiming that villagers were living in constant fear.
Strangely, forest department officials cite administrative and jurisdiction issues for the reason for delay in releasing the lions into their natural abode.
The department did not reply to the representations of wildlife activists who opposed the capturing of the lions ‘without any reason.’
Rajkot: The frequent jaunts of Asiatic lions into urban areas and requests to shift them to sanctuaries has once again triggered the need for relocating the large population of felines from revenue (non-protected) areas to protected areas.
Experts have suggested shifting some lions moving around in the human habitation in Junagadh, Gir-Somnath and Amreli districts to Barda sanctuary near Porbandar, which is ready to welcome the lions since 2015.
On Tuesday night, a lioness had entered the parking of a four-star hotel in Junagadh city and visited some highly populated residential societies too before returning to the adjoining Girnar Sanctuary.
Forest department said nearly half of the lion population lives outside the Gir National Park in non-protected areas, better known as Bruhad (Greater) Gir.
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