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Radio collar to help track lions in Gir forest
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Gandhinagar (Gujarat) [India] July 10 (ANI): Rajiv Kumar Gupta, Additional Chief Secretary of Forest and Environment Department on Wednesday said that with radio-collaring of lions in Gir forest it will be possible to monitor their movement.
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Lone voter from Gir Forest casts vote in Banej
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Gir (Gujarat) [India], Apr 23 (ANI): The Election Commission of India (ECI) set up a polling booth for Mahant Bharatdas Bapu, who resides inside Gir Forest, to cast his vote on Tuesday in the third phase of the Lok Sabha elections.
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Govt launches conservation project for Asiatic lions
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 21 (ANI): The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has launched the "Asiatic Lion Conservation Project" with an aim to protect and conserve the world's last ranging free population of Asiatic Lion and its associated ecosystem.
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Ahmed Patel seeks Centre's intervention on Gir lions' death
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 6 (ANI): Senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel on Saturday expressed his concern over the recent deaths of lions in Gujarat's Gir forest and wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging him to take necessary steps in order to prevent the unnatural de
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Death of lions in Gir forest extremely serious situation, protect them: SC
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 3 (ANI) The Supreme Court on Wednesday expressed concern over the death of lions in Gir forest in Gujarat and urged the Centre to protect them as it's "extremely serious" situation.
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21 Asiatic lions dead in one month in Gir forest
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Dalkhaniya (Gujarat) [India] October 2 (ANI): At least 10 more lions have died in Gujarat's Gir forest, taking the overall death toll to 21 since September 11, the forest department officials confirmed on Tuesday.
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11 lions found dead in Gujarat's Gir forest
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Junagarh (Gujarat) [India], Sep 21 (ANI): At least 11 lions have died at Gir forest's East division in last few days, forest department officials said on Friday.
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Gujarat: Woman gives birth surrounded by lions
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Junagadh (Gujarat) [India], July 02 (ANI): In a bizarre incident, a pregnant woman gave birth to a child surrounded by dozens of lions in Gir forest area in an ambulance after midnight.
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