Gir Sanctuary

The Gujarat government has taken measures to protect its extensive wildlife ahead of Cyclone Bipajoy with a "zero-casualty approach".

A leopard mauled an 80-year-old visually impaired woman to death in Gujarat's Amreli district, a forest official said on Wednesday.

An adult male lion and a female cub were found dead in different parts of the Gir forest in Gujarat, an official said on Wednesday.

The Gujarat High Court today directed the Indian Railways to file a detailed affidavit on the impact of the proposed broad-gauging and electrification of railway track passing through the Gir Sanctuary on the Asiatic lions and other wildlife

A video filmed near the Gir National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary in Gujarat shows a lioness and her two cubs encountering a biker.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Centre to respond on a plea by an NGO seeking direction to relocate some Asiatic lions from Gujarat's Gir forest to a wildlife sanctuary in Madhya Pradesh.

A lioness was found dead in the sanctuary area of Gujarat's Gir Somnath district, a forest official said on Wednesday.

The widely-shared video shows the lions searching for food on a rainy night in Junagadh.

The carcass of a lion cub was found on the outskirts of a village in Gujarat's Gir-Somnath district on Wednesday, the state forest department said. With this incident, the number of lion deaths in and around the Gir forest in the last two months has risen to 27.

The Centre Monday told the Supreme Court that spread of canine distemper virus, which led to the death of several lions in Gujarat's Gir sanctuary recently, was now "fully under control".

The carcasses of three lion cubs were found on the outskirts of a village in Amreli district near the Gir Wildlife Sanctuary, Forest department officials said.

Alleging that the Gujarat government's lax attitude led to the death of 23 lions in Gir forest, Leader of Opposition in the state Assembly Paresh Dhanani on Thursday sought explanation from Chief Minister Vijay Rupani on this "man-made tragedy".

At least 21 more Asiatic lions, an endangered species found only in India, have tested positive for a highly contagious virus that has been blamed for recent lion deaths.

Gujarat forest officials have begun vaccinating lions in the Gir sanctuary after the sudden death of around 23 lions in the past three weeks because of the deadly Canine Distemper Virus or CDV.

The Gujarat Forest department has received from the United States 300 shots of a vaccine against Canine Distemper Virus (CDV) which is believed to have caused the death of some lions at Gir Sanctuary.

The Gujarat government has taken measures to protect its extensive wildlife ahead of Cyclone Bipajoy with a "zero-casualty approach".

A leopard mauled an 80-year-old visually impaired woman to death in Gujarat's Amreli district, a forest official said on Wednesday.

An adult male lion and a female cub were found dead in different parts of the Gir forest in Gujarat, an official said on Wednesday.

The Gujarat High Court today directed the Indian Railways to file a detailed affidavit on the impact of the proposed broad-gauging and electrification of railway track passing through the Gir Sanctuary on the Asiatic lions and other wildlife

A video filmed near the Gir National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary in Gujarat shows a lioness and her two cubs encountering a biker.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Centre to respond on a plea by an NGO seeking direction to relocate some Asiatic lions from Gujarat's Gir forest to a wildlife sanctuary in Madhya Pradesh.

A lioness was found dead in the sanctuary area of Gujarat's Gir Somnath district, a forest official said on Wednesday.

The widely-shared video shows the lions searching for food on a rainy night in Junagadh.

The carcass of a lion cub was found on the outskirts of a village in Gujarat's Gir-Somnath district on Wednesday, the state forest department said. With this incident, the number of lion deaths in and around the Gir forest in the last two months has risen to 27.

The Centre Monday told the Supreme Court that spread of canine distemper virus, which led to the death of several lions in Gujarat's Gir sanctuary recently, was now "fully under control".

The carcasses of three lion cubs were found on the outskirts of a village in Amreli district near the Gir Wildlife Sanctuary, Forest department officials said.

Alleging that the Gujarat government's lax attitude led to the death of 23 lions in Gir forest, Leader of Opposition in the state Assembly Paresh Dhanani on Thursday sought explanation from Chief Minister Vijay Rupani on this "man-made tragedy".

At least 21 more Asiatic lions, an endangered species found only in India, have tested positive for a highly contagious virus that has been blamed for recent lion deaths.

Gujarat forest officials have begun vaccinating lions in the Gir sanctuary after the sudden death of around 23 lions in the past three weeks because of the deadly Canine Distemper Virus or CDV.

The Gujarat Forest department has received from the United States 300 shots of a vaccine against Canine Distemper Virus (CDV) which is believed to have caused the death of some lions at Gir Sanctuary.