Naming ceremony for Lion Cubs

Raipur: (Chhattisgarh State of India): About a hundred villagers hosted a feast on the outskirts of state capital to NAME three lion cubs at a government zoo, as per one official.

Residents from Hathband, Atari and Gomti villages, which surround the Nandan Van Zoo here, hosted a lunch to welcome the three cubs to the world.

Forest department officials have been struggling for decades to increase the number of lions in the zoo. Finally, two lionesses gave birth to three cubs March 14. Read more.............................Chhattisgarh villagers host naming ceremony for lion cubs

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Here Dogs guard Lions & Tigers

In Rajasthan state of India forest department has taken the help of two German Shepherd dogs to guard 20 tigers and 30 lions at an animal rescue centre on the outskirts of Jaipur. Read more.............Dogs guard lions, tigers in Rajasthan rescue centre

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When they faced 13 Lions!!!!!!!!!!!!

Two forest guards were forced to spend two hours of a bitterly cold night stranded in the Girnar jungle after they came face to face with a pride of 13 lions.

A.I. Kathi and Rajubhai were on their routine night patrol near the Surajkund area on the foothills of the Girnar range, in Gujarat's Junagadh district and about 300 km from Ahmedabad, when they chanced upon the lions. Read more................Deep in jungle, they faced a pride of lions

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Five Lions electrocuted in India

In a shocking instance, five Asiatic lions were electrocuted in Amreli district within the Gir forest range in Gujarat state of India.

Dead bodies of five lions in a field in the village has made forest department in state sit up. Preliminary examination has revealed that they were electrocuted accidentally. The village is near the Gir sanctuary the only abode of Asiatic lions in the world.

The incident took place when the lions tried to enter into a farm, which had electrified fencing. It happened about a week back. this came to the notice of the forest department when it launched search for five lions which were missing. The department tracks movement of all lions in the Gir forest, Chief conservator of Gir forest Bharat Pathak said.

Forest department found badly decomposed bodies of three lioness and two lions. On inquiry the farmer said that he had buried the dead lions to avoid any problem. the farmer Durlabhji Vadodoria and four others have been arrested in this case.

Inspection of the bodies confirms the accidental death, as the bodies are intact. There is no indication of any kind of poaching. Forest department sources say electrified fencing was a very common phenomenon in the region as wild animals like blue bull are a great threat to the farmers.

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