Lions and Tigers in India

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Gujarat wants to be the exclusive location for wild asiatic lions.
But ultimately the lions are the sufferers due to this closed minded thinking of the gujarat government.
The Gir NP reached its full capacity around 10 years back, so the current environment for the lions in gir is not healthy (over population).
Most of the lions (almost all of them) which are dispersing from Gir are ended up dead.

      1) Lions entering nearby villages and lions feeding on domestic cattles are poisoned and killed.
      2) Lions entering agricultural areas died after falling into irrigation wells.
      3) Lions travellling far distances are getting hit by trains and vehicles.

These lions have no other choice and they are restricted and confined to a small space called Gir.
The current situation is not only affecting the lions, its affecting the gir leopards too.
Due to the higher densities of lions in the protected area of Gir, the leopards were not able to compete or survive inside Gir NP.
Hence they are migrating from the forests and entering the villages, this makes them to have direct conflicts with humans, domestic cattles and domestic dogs. These leopards are either killed or moved to some zoos.

These politicians, advocates and experts are sitting and talking about the pros and cons of moving a single lion pride to Kuno.
But in the mean time there are several lions and leopards losing there life due to lack of space.
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