Asiatic Lion e-Bulletin From 16-7-2009 to 31-7-2009

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Asiatic Lion and Gir Forest Update

 

Wildlife Conservation Trust - Rajkot - India

 

 

 

 

From 16-7-2009 to 31-7--2009

 

 

 

 

The fortnightly e-Bulletin aims to keep lion fans, wildlife lovers and

conservation networks up-to-date with news and developments about Asiatic

Lion and Gir Forest. It is compiled by Wildlife Conservation Trust - Rajkot,

India. Previous issues are available on request.

 

 

 

 

 

Headline News

 

 

Poacher

<http://asiatic-lion.blogspot.com/2009/07/poacher-who-killed-gir-lions-held.

html> who killed Gir lions held, handed over to CID

 

An accused, wanted in connection with the 2007 killings of lions at

Gujarat's Gir Sanctuary, abode to Asiatic Lions, was...

 

 

 

Poacher

<http://asiatic-lion.blogspot.com/2009/07/poacher-who-killed-gir-lions-held_

18.html> who killed Gir lions held, handed over to CID

 

An accused, wanted in connection with the 2007 killings of lions at

Gujarat's Gir Sanctuary, abode to Asiatic Lions, was..

 

 

 

Tiger

<http://asiatic-lion.blogspot.com/2009/07/tiger-poacher-arrested-in-katni.ht

ml> Poacher Arrested in Katni

 

A well-known tiger and leopard poacher, Durru Pardhi, was arrested in Katni

on Thursday, 16 July 2009. The operation was carried out by.

 

 

 

Pride

<http://asiatic-lion.blogspot.com/2009/07/pride-of-22-lions-in-village-outsi

de.html> of 22 Lions in a Village Outside Forest

 

..A big pride of 22 Lions has made Raningpara village surroundings as their

home in Khambha sub district in Gir East. Yesterday 14 of this pride

jumped..

 

 

 

1 more <http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/4809076.cms> nabbed

for Bhanderiya lion poaching

 

CID officials from Bhavnagar have nabbed one more poacher belonging to the

gang that poached two lions in Jesar-Bhanderiya in 2007. Dora .

 

 

 

Task

<http://asiatic-lion.blogspot.com/2009/07/task-force-suggests-preserving-lio

n.html> force suggests preserving lion genes

 

Special task force formed by state government after 2007 poaching incidents

has suggested that apart from use of GPS-based tracking and.

 

 

 

68

<http://asiatic-lion.blogspot.com/2009/07/68-lions-have-moved-out-of-gir.htm

l> lions have moved out of Gir protected area'

 

The state government admitted in the Assembly on Wednesday that only 291 of

the 359 lions in Gir were in the protected sanctuary area.

 

 

 

Leopard

<http://asiatic-lion.blogspot.com/2009/07/leopard-cub-dies-in-road-accident.

html> cub dies in road accident

 

The incidence was reported on the outskirt of Gir Gadhada Village in Una

sub-district in Gir East. A Leopard cub was killed in a road accident

yesterday night ..

 

 

 

Over

<http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/over-9-000-people-evacuated-from-ju

nagadh-and-porbandar-districts/493946/> 9,000 people evacuated from

Junagadh and Porbandar district

 

As many as 9,400 people have been evacuated from Junagadh and Porbandar

districts following flooding due to incessant rainfall in the last three

days.

 

 

 

Leopard

<http://asiatic-lion.blogspot.com/2009/07/leopard-carcass-found-near-dhari_3

0.html> Carcass found near Dhari

 

A Carcass of Leopard was found in Kankava Bit of Hadala range of Gir East.

Postmortem was done on site and it is found that Leopard may have died due

to illness.

 

 

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