If all goes as per plan, within the next one month, the Tyavarekoppa
lion safari will have two more lions in addition to the existing two.
Speaking to Bangalore Mirror, Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) MC
Cheluvaraj said currently there are only two lions in the safari and the
male is old.
“We are getting a pair of adult lions from the
Bannerghatta Biological Park (BBP). The matter is being taken up with
the authorities. It has been approved by the Karnataka Zoo Authority and
it is in the process of getting approval from the Central Zoo Authority
in New Delhi,” Cheluvaraj said.
While this is expected to
happen in the next 30 days, the department is also considering getting
two more Asiatic lions from Gir. However, this may take time as the
process is in its initial stage. A team may have to visit Gir and
request for translocation of two Asiatic lions.
“Once we get
approval from Gir, the department will have to write to the State Chief
Wildlife Warden. The process is lengthy and laborious as the lions are
being brought from the wild,” he said.
In the past, he said,
there were about six lions in Tyavarekoppa. A few years ago, due to age
and certain abnormalities, we lost four.
According to sources,
there are currently only two lions, 14-year-old Arya and 5-year-old
Manya, and interestingly they are father and daughter.
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