Asiatic Lions kill three cattle; One more pride of settles in villages near Dhari

18-6-2007

Asiatic Lions kill three cattle; One more pride of settles in villages near Dhari

Gujarat Samachar – Brief news translated from Gujarati

 

Since last one month a pride has made Bhada – Sakariya road near Jafrabad as its home. Today in the morning this pride killed three cattle including bullock and cow. A lioness that just gave birth to her litter had made this place as her home and runs after passer-bys and vehicles. Local people have demanded that forest department to catch this lioness by putting up a cage.

 

In a separate article, new paper has reported that a pride of mother lioness and her three cubs have settled in Hirava, Jeera and Patla villages near Dhari in Gir (E).

 

Kishore Kotecha’s comments: After Mar-Apr 2007 poaching incidents, media, in particularly Gujarati news papers of Rajkot are very much interested in publishing even the smallest and sometimes insignificant news regarding Gir and Asiatic Lions. Lion in human localities is nothing new. This has been happening in Gir peripheral villages since ages.