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Asiatic Lion - Data, Pictures & Videos

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DELETED. (Reason: Very old news, throughly covered back then.)
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(03-18-2020, 06:41 PM)BorneanTiger Wrote: Quite a long article on how the Gir lions were saved: https://www.livehistoryindia.com/snapsho...were-saved

not sure why people keep saying today's population came from 12 already inbred captive animals maybe some did but most were def from a number of healthy wild ones still roaming
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(03-19-2020, 06:49 AM)Rage2277 Wrote:
(03-18-2020, 06:41 PM)BorneanTiger Wrote: Quite a long article on how the Gir lions were saved: https://www.livehistoryindia.com/snapsho...were-saved

not sure why people keep saying today's population came from 12 already inbred captive animals maybe some did but most were def from a number of healthy wild ones still roaming

Because these are when by journalists who don't actually know anything about them beyond quick googling. It ranges from "12 lions left" & "only a few dozen lions" to "less than 50".

Originally based on several sources of the time that simultaneously stated 12, 20, 50, 100. The "dozen left at Gir" (total number was sporadically spread over much of today's Greater Gir back then) is from Nawab of Junagad. Said nawab also invited the then Viceroy Lord Curzon to shoot them, who refused & instructed him to protect them. Whole credit goes to him, not the nawab who did what royalty always did, ie, nothing constructive.
There is absolutely no reason to believe anything source from these people & I can guarantee his number wasn't based on any actual field work. He probably just found them harder to find during his hunts.

Detailed post on how much their numbers dropped
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100th Page Special!


Two rival pride-groups lionesses shadowing each other in territorial face off. 
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Dominant males patrolling & scent marking.
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Sandeep Parmar: " Sunshine mixed with a little hurricane! ?️ Gir ll 2020"

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Just to complement the 100th page special, a male charging at people .




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young gir lady
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Sandeep Parmar: " Don't worry moma.. everything will be fine soon ! Gir ll 2020 "


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A speck of dust in the eyes ?




Sandeep Parmar: " And with those eyes, you could have set the sky on fire, but you chose to burn me instead.... Gir ll 2020 "

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Lions and nilgai.


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Information on Indian lion from the book, The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Mammalia-vol.1
by Pocock R. I.

Publication date 1939

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Not the best filmed video but fun to watch.




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 the big ambardi boy photo by rasik chavda
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Ambardi mating pair (Not the male in @Rage2277's post above. The other one.)

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Devaliya mayor pair.

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(03-25-2020, 05:51 AM)Lycaon Wrote: Not the best filmed video but fun to watch.





I wonder if the lion even sees any semblance. He is spray-marked right on them. 

For some reason they have these "lifesized statues" placed all over the safari entry points of Devaliya & Gir. 

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