92 Asiatic lions died in Gujarat in last two years

Press Trust Of India , Monday, March 25, 2013
Correspondent : Staff Reporter
Ahmedabad, Mar 25 (PTI) Ninety-two Asiatic lions have died, including 83 of natural death, in the past two years in Gujarat's Saurashtra region while there has been no case of poaching.

In a written reply to a question asked by Congress MLA from Lathi, Bavku Unghad, Minister of State for Forest and Environment Govind Patel told the state assembly recently that nine lions died of accidents, including by falling in open wells.

 
SOURCE : http://www.ptinews.com/news/3496622_92-Asiatic-lions-died-in-Gujarat-in-last-two-years
 


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