Asiatic Lion and Gir Forest

English language news articles from year 2007 plus find out everything about Asiatic Lion and Gir Forest. Latest News, Useful Articles, Links, Photos, Video Clips and Gujarati News of Gir Wildlife Sanctuary (Geer / Gir Forest - Home of Critically Endangered Species Asiatic Lion; Gir Lion; Panthera Leo Persica ; Indian Lion (Local Name 'SAVAJ' / 'SINH' / 'VANRAJ') located in South-Western Gujarat, State of INDIA), Big Cats, Wildlife, Conservation and Environment.

Asiatic Lion Protection Society

Asiatic Lion Protection Society (ALPS) founded in year 2006, is an NGO working mainly for conservation of Asiatic Lion in Gir forest and in Indian Zoos. Main objectives: To compile max. information about Asiatic Lion plus Gir forest and spread it through out the globe by website, blogs, Wikipedia, yahoo groups etc To help protection & conservation of Asiatic Lion & Gir forest by taking up projects like - Building parapets on open wells. - To contact and request nationalize banks of Gir area to put a condition to built parapet on open wells while sanctioning loan to farmers - At the time of festivals, organize camps near temples like Kankai, Banej & Tulsi Shyam to educate tourist to protect wildlife. - To distribute information and awareness leaflets at check-post to visitors using jungle roads. - Make representation & persuade Govt. to make Gir 'A Plastic Free Zone. Similarly contact local civil bodies to make their areas A Plastic free zone. To inform authorities about illegal activities inside the jungle like wood-cutting, removal of forest produce, poaching, illegal grazing etc. To inform authorities about injured wild animals. Also educate locals of Gir forests as well as school/college students to conserve Gir forest, it's wildlife and to represent to Govt. in favor of trans-location of Asiatic Lion to some other good place in Gujarat. P S: We welcome your comments & posts and expect that our conversation will follow the general rules of respectful civil discourse. You’re fully responsible for everything that you submit here in your comments & posts.

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Gir lies has a topography made up of succession of rugged ridges, isolated hills, plateaus and valleys. Besides, being the last abode of Asiatic lions, Gir forms a unique habitat for ratel, rusty spotted cat, pangolin, ruddy mongoose, civets, paradise flycatcher etc.The overwhelming presence of the omnipotent big cat diverts the attention of the common man from the remarkable bird population that the sanctuary has. However, the birds of Gir sanctuary did attract the great ornithologist, Dr. Salim Ali who believed that, had the Asiatic lions not been there, the area would have been one of the most fascinating bird sanctuaries of the country.
People mostly link Gir with "Maldharis" who have survived through the ages by having symbiotic relationship with the lion. They are religious pastoral communities living in Gir. Their settlements are called "nesses".
At present, Gir forests of Gujarat (India) is the only natural place where this race of lions i.e. Asiatic lion is found.

Asiatic Lion and Gir Forest

Monday, October 31, 2022

Smugglers cut down 81 sandalwood trees from Bhapor forest in Banswara district

Child mauled to death in Gir forest, officials suspect by lion or leopard

Black Kos, Week In Review - Africans of the Indian Subcontinent

Girnar Lili Parikrama 2022 to begin on November 4

Why forest department declared red alert in Amreli, conducted night patrolling

Woman Pets Lion, Scratches His Head. Netizens Say Vo Sher Hai Billi Nahi

safari park in 365 hectares of land where lions and leopards are found in Amreli

Photographer Snaps Once-in-a-Lifetime Lion Photo After 7-Hour Wait in Blistering Heat

SGNP loses its oldest captive lion, Ravindra

Unique lizard 'Gekko' seen in Kantala area

An IFS Officer's Experience at Gir

Ropeway service stopped immediately in Junagadh, know the reason

Gir Forest National Park: History, Climate, Water Reserves And Flora - Animals

The mating season of the lions is over, tourists are sent off for lion sighting

Call of the wild wild safaris

Asiatic Lions lost out to African Cheetahs

Gir Somnath: Python Swallows Dog Whole, Hunting Live Scenes

Crocodile Gets Trapped Among Pack Of Lions

Creating an equitable conservation model

African Cheetahs Should Not Be Translocated To India, According To Conservationists

Hyd-Zoo gets a new addition, an Asiatic lion cub

After African cheetahs, India should import Kung Fu pandas next - The Hindu

10 Indian Forests Every Nature Admirer Should Visit Once In Their Lifetime

Junagadh: This place houses the Book of Lions, which contains complete information

NTPC subsidiary PVUN adopts 2 Asiatic Lions from Bhagwan Birsa Biological Park

Top Endangered Endemic Species Found in India

The genesis of the cheetah relocation

Sunday, October 30, 2022

Rehabilitation Of Cheetahs Alone Will Not Reduce The Threat Of Extinction Looming Large

Friday, October 14, 2022

Maharashtra to get Asiatic lions in exchange for tigers from Gujarat - The Economic Times

Cheetas in Kuno is India's vanity project. But there's a major problem - ThePrint

This man has grown 7 crore trees so far, walked in forests for 30 years!