Asiatic Lions
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PM Modi's heartwarming pics with Asiatic lions, clouded leopards, and other wild animals at Vantara
India | Mar 04, 2025, 03:42 PM ISTPrime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday visited Vantara, an animal rescue, conservation and rehabilitation centre located in the Jamnagar district of Gujarat. The prime minister observed and spent time with rescued Asiatic Lions, Clouded Leopards, Caracals, and more.
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Infected Asiatic lion on antibiotic regimen; TN CM visits zoo
India | Jun 06, 2021, 07:21 PM ISTTamil Nadu CM MK Stalin, who visited the zoo on Sunday and took stock of the situation, directed officials of Environment & Forest dept and the facility to provide the best treatment to the infected lions as per protocols.
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Asiatic lions in Hyderabad zoo infected with SARS-CoV2, not Covid: Govt
India | May 04, 2021, 05:33 PM ISTEight Asiatic lions housed in Nehru Zoological Park (NZP), Hyderabad have tested positive for SARS-CoV2 virus, causing respiratory distress in them.
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Asiatic lions in Hyderabad zoo test COVID-19 positive; samples examined by CCMB
India | May 04, 2021, 05:07 PM ISTIn perhaps the first such reported incident, eight Asiatic lions in the zoo in Hyderabad have tested positive for COVID-19 after their saliva samples werethoroughly examined by CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology here, Rakesh Mishra, advisor of the premier research institute said on Tuesday.
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Gir National Park gets over 400 water points to tackle scarcity as mercury rises
News | Apr 01, 2021, 11:40 AM ISTOver 400 water points have been installed at Gir National Park to tackle scarcity as summers approach. Wildlife sanctuary is famous for Asiatic lions.
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Good News: Gujarat's majestic Asiatic lion count rises to 674
India | Jun 11, 2020, 08:18 AM ISTThe population of the majestic Asiatic Lion, once faced with imminent extinction, has increased by 29 percent to 674 in Gujarat's Gir forest region. The department carried out a "population estimation exercise" on the night of June 5 and June 6 when there was a full moon.
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Gujarat: 14 lions captured in Gir forest, after cubs fall ill
India | Apr 21, 2020, 08:40 PM ISTAt least 14 lions were captured from Gujarat's Gir Wildlife Sanctuary and shifted to Jasadhar care centre in the forest, after some cubs in a pride fell ill, a senior official from the state forest department said on Tuesday.
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Monsoon floods kill 10 endangered lions near Gujarat sanctuary
India | Jul 13, 2015, 06:55 PM ISTNew Delhi: Monsoon flooding that killed dozens of people in western India last month also hurt the world's last population of wild Asiatic lions, forest officials said in a report.At least 81 people died in
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Heavy rains take a toll of five Asiatic lions in Gujarat
India | Jun 26, 2015, 11:04 PM ISTAhmedabad: Heavy rains, which caused a flood like situation in Gujarat's Saurashtra region, took a toll of five Asiatic lions in Amreli and Bhavnagar districts, forest officials said here today.Three lions, including a three-month old
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Number of Asiatic lions in Gir goes up to 523: Census
India | May 11, 2015, 09:49 AM ISTGir (Gujarat): The number of Asiatic lions in Gir sanctuary and its surrounding areas has gone up to 523, an increase of 27 per cent since 2010, according to the latest census report.“The census of
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Watch Asiatic Lions in Gujarat's Amreli too
India | May 06, 2013, 12:24 PM ISTAhmedabad, May 6: Tourists visiting Gujarat to get a glimpse of the Asiatic Lions might get to see them at a new address at Ambardi in Amreli district, the eastern end of Gir Sanctuary, by
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SC allows translocation of Asiatic lions to Madhya Pradesh
India | Apr 15, 2013, 07:30 PM ISTNew Delhi, Apr 15: The Supreme Court today allowed trans-location of Asiatic lions from Gujarat to Madhya Pradesh, saying the species is under threat of extinction and needs a second home.A bench of Justices K
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92 Asiatic lions died in Gujarat in last two years
India | Mar 25, 2013, 12:52 PM ISTAhmedabad, Mar 25: Ninety-two Asiatic lions have died, including 83 of natural death, in the past two years in Gujarat's Saurashtra region while there has been no case of poaching.In a written reply to a