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Since
June 11 up to now more than 25 representative lions of as many prides
have been fitted with radio collar devices imported from Germany.
Pixabay
The rare Asiatic lions in Gujarat’s Gir forests and
surrounding regions will have radio collars fitted around their necks
this month, similar to the lions of the African savannah and the
Serengeti.
According to Chief Conservator of Forests in Junagadh D.T. Vasavada,
since June 11 up to now more than 25 representative lions of as many
prides have been fitted with radio collar devices imported from Germany.
A radio collar is a wide band of machine-belting fitted with a small
radio transmitter and battery. The transmitter emits a signal at a
specific frequency that can be tracked from up to five kilometres away.
When trying to locate a particular collared lion, the researcher
dials the appropriate frequency and drives while listening for the beep
signal. A directional antenna is mounted on top of the vehicle, and once
the signal is detected, the researcher simply drives in the direction
where the signal is loudest. The
rare Asiatic lions in Gujarat’s Gir forests and surrounding regions
will have radio collars fitted around their necks this month. PIxabay
“This will help the forest department in monitoring of the group’s
movement, research, knowing the territory of the animal and other
details. From Sasan, a high tech monitoring unit will monitor their
activities. A total of 75 radio collars have been imported from Germany
for the purpose,” he added.
Vasavada said as all the members of a pride of lions normally remain
within a distance of around half to one kilometer of one another, the
location of the representative beast would in fact give the location of
an entire pride.
Representatives of the entire lion landscape in and around Gir in
Saurashtra region of Gujarat spread in the five districts of Gir
Somnath, Junagadh, Amreli, Bhavnagar and Botad would be radio collared
in around a month’s time.
According to the last lion census of 2015, there were 523 male, female and lion cubs in the Gujarat forests. https://www.newsgram.com/india-asiatic-lions-gujarats-gir-forests-radio-fitted-their
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