Updated Feb 01, 2020 | 00:09 IST
Four lion cubs were rescued from an unused dilapidated school building in the Tulsishyam range of the Gir Forest in Gujarat and reunited with their mother by forest rangers.
The cubs were re-united with their mother (Representative Image) | Photo Credit: BCCL
KEY HIGHLIGHTS
- Residents of Padi village first raised an alarm about the cubs
- The cubs were seen inside an unused dilapidated school structure
- In May of last year, a cub was found dead in Gir's Tulsishyam Range
Ahmedabad: Rangers with the forest department in Gujarat rescued four lion cubs from a dilapidated building on Friday. The matter was first brought to the attention of rangers by locals who spotted the cubs resting inside an unused school structure and feared that it might collapse on them.
According to inputs, a call regarding the cubs was made to the forest department at around 9 am on Friday. A team of rangers arrived at the building in Tulsishyam Range of the Gir Forest in Gujarat and managed to safely rescue all four cubs who were then reunited with their mother that same day.Putting a timeline on the response exhibited by his department, chief conservator of forests (Saurashtra) DT Vasavada said that the distress call was made at 9 am by residents of Padi village and the cubs were rescued by 10:30 am. Vasavada added that the mother of the cubs was found nearby and re-united with her cubs.
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In May of last year, the dismembered body of a lion cub was found in the Tulsishyam Range of the Gir. The chief conservator of forests had told media outlets at the time that pug marks of lions found in the area suggested that the cub could have died as the result of a territorial conflict. Between February and May of last year, the bodies of five cubs were discovered in the Gir forest.Responding to a query in the state assembly in July of last year, Gujarat Forest Minister Ganpat Vasava had stated that 222 lions died in the Gir forest region in the last two years. Out of these deaths, only 23 were attributed to unnatural causes such as accidents. Vasava also claimed that 199 of these deaths occurred as a result of infections or ailments, including a viral outbreak.
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