Asiatic Lion and Gir Forest

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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 forest...
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, January 30, 2023

Lion cubs, Nirbhaya star attractions at Mysuru Zoo

Wildly Successful: The Asian Lion - The Greenwich Sentinel

A challenge achieved as Mysuru zoo breeds Asiatic lions

Hirbai Ibrahim Lobi of Siddi tribe wins Padma Shri for work on women's empowerment

Karnataka to have multiple tiger and leopard rehabilitation centres

Kylie Jenner and Schiaparelli accused of promoting 'trophy hunting' with lion head dress

Potential second home in making : Gir lion crosses into Barda Wildlife Sanctuary after 143 yrs

Friday, January 27, 2023

Venkateswara Zoo moots 'gift' system for adopted animals, birds

A Lion at a Zoo Tries to Eat a Little Boy Through a Glass Enclosure!

Time-in-time: Buffaloes 'hunted' the king of the jungle, why couldn't fellow lions help?

Gujarat High Court on PIL seeking 24*7 access to temples near Gir - Bar and Bench

People flocked to see the lions named Jai and Veeru in Sasan

Royal Power of the Symbolic Lion - Star of Mysore

Asiatic Lioness Rewa Gives Birth To Quintuplets At Odisha's Nandankanan Zoo, Two Cubs Die

263 leopards captured 834 times in Gujarat

Leopard Sightings: Man-Animal Conflict on the Rise

Gujarat: Vets Operate Lion Cub's Fractured Jaw

Where do lions live? What you need to know about the big cats' habitat

Inside India's forests and national parks

Govt moves to prevent unnatural deaths of lions: Walls around open wells in forest

3 held for trespassing, chasing lions in Gujarat's Gir National Park

Gujarat: Lion, lioness drown after falling into open well in Amreli

Having a lion-in - Camden New Journal

Lions captured from Gir following children's death last year, released back

A gang of men and women were caught from Sasan forest

Lions captured from Gir after deaths of 4 children released back

10 years on, Railway yet to implement SOP to protect animals: CAG report

63000 animals, including 4 Asiatic lions and 73 elephants, died on rail tracks from 2017 ...

'Why I Stopped IIT Prep & Started Farming in Gir Forest'

Leopard Found Dead With Bullet Injuries In Punjab, 2nd Case In Week

After Covid lull for two years, tourism back in stride at Gir

ASIATIC LION : સાવજોનો વધ્યો વિસ્તાર | Gir Forest Area

Now the roar of the Asiatic lion will be heard up to Rajkot, the extent of the Gir sanctuary is

Heavy rush at Vandalur zoo, daily footfall touches 17,000

Heaters installed in enclosures of Surat zoo to keep animals warm