Gujarat: Lion dies after hit by train engine in Amreli

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• Ahmedabad
• Mon,13 Mar 2017
  

  

  
  

  Summary: Watch What Else Is Making NewsThe sub-adult male lion was hit by an engine on March 3. Despite the best treatment, the lion succumbed to injuries on Wednesday, March 8. AN ASIATIC lion which was injured after being hit by a train engine near Badhda village in Amreli district succumbed to injuries on Wednesday, marking the first lion death in train accident in Gir East forests division this year, forest officers said on Sunday. We had shifted him to animal care centre in Jasadhar of Gir forests. Officers said that the railway engine was on its way to Pipavav port from Savarkundla when it hit the three-year-old lion near Badhda village at around 7 am.

  AN ASIATIC lion which was injured after being hit by a train engine near Badhda village in Amreli district succumbed to injuries on Wednesday, marking the first lion death in train accident in Gir East forests division this year, forest officers said on Sunday. Watch What Else Is Making News The sub-adult male lion was hit by an engine on March 3. Officers said that the railway engine was on its way to Pipavav port from Savarkundla when it hit the three-year-old lion near Badhda village at around 7 am. The pilot of the engine stopped after feeling something colliding with the locomotive.
  
  He found that a lion was injured. Forest officers said that there were two eyewitnesses to the incident. “The accident had broken back of the lion. We had shifted him to animal care centre in Jasadhar of Gir forests.
  
  Source: http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/ahmedabad/gujarat-lion-dies-after-hit-by-train-engine-in-amreli-4567336/