Lioness dies in road accident in Gir forest

  • | Friday | 21st December, 2018

"The lioness was rescued from the road accident site and sent to a rescue centre at Babarkot. AHMEDABAD: A lioness succumbed to injuries sustained after being hit by a vehicle in Rajula range of the Gir forest in Amreli district of Gujarat , a forest department official said Friday.The lioness, aged 1-2 years, died at a rescue centre at Babarkot in Amreli district, around 340km from here, where she was taken after being found in an injured state on a road near Balani Vav village, he said. Forest officials had said the cub died due to lever infection.A few months ago, 23 big cats died due to viral infections and territorial fights in the Gir forest.Last month, the state government had announced a Rs 351-crore programme for the conservation of wild cats in the state.The Gir Forest National Park is the only abode of Asiatic lions. The veterinary officer could not save the animal. It died late last night," the official said.This comes two days after a lioness and its two cubs were crushed to death by a goods rain near the Gir forest in the same district.The incident took place on Monday midnight near Borala village in Savarkundla taluka when a pride of six lions was walking along the railway track.On Thursday, the carcass of a lion cub was found in a farm in Khambha taluka of Amreli district.

AHMEDABAD: A lioness succumbed to injuries sustained after being hit by a vehicle in Rajula range of the Gir forest in Amreli district of Gujarat , a forest department official said Friday.The lioness, aged 1-2 years, died at a rescue centre at Babarkot in Amreli district, around 340km from here, where she was taken after being found in an injured state on a road near Balani Vav village, he said."The lioness was rescued from the road accident site and sent to a rescue centre at Babarkot. The veterinary officer could not save the animal. It died late last night," the official said.This comes two days after a lioness and its two cubs were crushed to death by a goods rain near the Gir forest in the same district.The incident took place on Monday midnight near Borala village in Savarkundla taluka when a pride of six lions was walking along the railway track.On Thursday, the carcass of a lion cub was found in a farm in Khambha taluka of Amreli district. Forest officials had said the cub died due to lever infection.A few months ago, 23 big cats died due to viral infections and territorial fights in the Gir forest.Last month, the state government had announced a Rs 351-crore programme for the conservation of wild cats in the state.The Gir Forest National Park is the only abode of Asiatic lions.

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