2-month-old lion cub treated for blisters, released into forest

TNN | Dec 23, 2017, 04:00 IST

The lion cub being treated by veterinary doctor

Rajkot: A two-month-old lion cub that had developed blisters on its body was treated by forest officials on Thursday night in Goba village of Savarkundla forest division in Amreli district.
The cub was first spotted by a villager, who informed the forest officials. However, it took forest officials couple of days to track down the cub. They found three cubs with two lioness in the farm of Dilu Khuman in Goba village of Savarkundla taluka. The forest officials had a tough time separating the cub from its mother for treatment.

Deputy conservator of forest, Gir (East), T Karuppasamy told TOI, "After 4-5 days we were able to separate the injured cub from the mother. The blisters on the cub were naturally caused due to some infection."
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