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MP seeks Asiatic lions from zoos

 

9 May 2008, Himanshu Kaushik,TNN,

Times of India Ahmedabad Isuue

 

AHMEDABAD: In a desperate

move, Madhya Pradesh government has written to all the zoos in the country to

spare Asiatic lions for Kuno-Palpur National Park,

where lions from Gir were to be shifted.

 

Senior officials of Gujaratforest department revealed that they had received a

letter

asking for lions from any of the zoos here, especially from Sakarbaugh Zoo in

Junagadh where lions are brought for treatment.

 

Officials said that after Gujarat Government said no, MP government has decided

to acquire at least six lions from different zoos in the country.

 

Sources said that the move has tourism in the

focus. " MP government plans to have a li on safari on the lines of

DevaliyaParknear Sasan in Gujarat. Later, it also plans to go in for

conservation measures -

which is acttually the original plan for developing Kuno-Palpur, " they

added.

 

" It seems MP lobby in Delhi has become

active again, pressurising all concerned to ensure that the long-pending

proposal for shifting the lions to Kuno-Palpur is accepted by the Centre. But

Gujaratwill

continue to resist this move, " said a senior official said.

 

GA Patel, an Ahmedabad-based member of the Rationalization of the Boundary of

Sanctuaries and National Park, a committee of the Central Government, said:

" I was in Delhilast week and during my visit, I learnt that a meeting was

held to get pure Asiatic breed of lions from various zoos. But this is only an

experiment, as the hunting habits of lions suffer due to their stay in

zoo. "

 

He said that earlier also lions were sent from Gir to Chandra Prabha sanctuary

near Dehradun but none of the seven-odd lions survived.

 

Sources said the issue has now reached the Supreme Court through a public

interest litigation (PIL) seeking the apex court's intervention in the matter.

 

A Delhi-based NGO Bio-diversity Conservation Trust has filed a PIL in the apex

court urging it to direct the Gujarat Government to cooperate with MP to

implement the Centre-aided project for transferring the big cats to Kuno-Palpur

sanctuary.

 

Gujaratofficials said the MP government had mooted the proposal

over a decade ago without taking them, and also the local villagers in and

around Gir, into confidence, they said.

 

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