RAJKOT: Spotting lions hardly excites villagers Amreli district now. But seeing what this lion pride did on Thursday, the residents of Monvel village of Dhari taluka, were shell-shocked.
Some from the pride of lions somehow climbed the roof of the cattle shed in a farm, broke the tin shed, jumped inside and preyed on the ox tied inside. The lions which could enter then feasted on the prey while others kept sauntering outside the house.
There been instances of lions entering the cattle sheds outside the houses in villages, but this pride struck in broad daylight at around 11am.
The incident, which was videographed, happened in the farm of Kanu Kotadiya. Monvel is on the border of Gir east and Gir west division of the forest departmentnear Visavadar. The pride of seven lions have their territory in the both the divisions of the forest. This village is treated as the border of forest and revenue area.
Kotadia was at the farm as the sowing season had started. He had tied two bulls inside the cattle shed. According to Kotadia, two to three lions scaled 10 foot height and broke the rooftop to barge into the cattle shed.
“They preyed on one ox and feasted on it. Other lions which could not jump to the height were seen moving outside the cattle shed anxiously. The lions exited from the same way by jumping through the rooftop,” said Kotadia. Deputy conservator of forest, Anshuman Sharma, told TOI: “This is a normal occurrence in this area. This is the lion’s territory and the village is very close to the sanctuary. They broke into the cattle shed which is 8 to 10 foot tall.”
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