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(02-01-2019, 10:05 AM)Sanju Wrote: @Rishi See. I knew this man. Don't under estimate the Power of Gujarat or BJP government ! A Big Salute on behalf of the Nation.  A Glorious future for the so called "Gir lion". Good bye...

Gujarat’s Project Lion gets Centre’s nod

Himanshu Kaushik | TNN | Feb 1, 2019, 06:44 IST

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AHMEDABAD: Following vehement opposition by the Gujarat (Disgusting )government, the Union ministry of environment, forest and climate change has rejected Wildlife Institute of India’s ‘Recovery and Conservation of Endangered Lions in Gujarat’ project, which was to be monitored by the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA). In its place, the Centre has approved the Rs 351 crore proposal for Project Lion submitted by the Gujarat government.

“We were told by several officials that they had reservations about NTCA being the monitoring agency. The state is reported to have represented against NTCA monitoring in lion conservation, and the WII proposal was rejected,” said a senior official from the Union forest ministry.

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The state’s Project Lion involves building a veterinary hospital in Sasan, lion rescue centres, deployment of drones to keep track of lions and wildlife, recruitment of 100-odd trackers, building 33 rapid response teams, and installing CCTV cameras at forest entry points for lion conservation. The state government has prepared the project keeping in mind local needs, said a senior Gujarat forest department official.

Principal chief conservator of forest (wildlife) A K Saxena said, “The Union forest ministry has communicated to us that the Gujarat project has been accepted and will be funded by the ministry. The project, which was sent after the CDV outbreak will ensure that conservation of lions gets a boost. We have added veterinary treatment and disease monitoring in the project. I am not aware of the WII project but can only say that the project submitted by Gujarat has been accepted.”

Senior officials from the WII said that after the outbreak of the canine distemper virus (CDV) disease in which 27 lions died, the Union forest ministry had asked the WII to prepare a project for conserving lions in Gujarat. The WII had prepared a detailed project and submitted the same to the ministry, which in its turn sought the opinion of the state government.

I have to say this again... Gir is a zoo technically.

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city...781808.cms

Don't let sentiments cloud your judgement! Keep personal & political opinions off the forum please.

Keep criticism critical, not emotional.

Gujarat govt. project has more than 3 times the budget allocation, covering many important steps. I wouldn't comment on their own intra-state relocation & vaccination plans until i have more on it... given our dumb reporters didn't bother to ask any follow-up questions on those.

How does strict surveillance & response make Gir "technically a zoo"?

Edit: @Sanju my intention was not to spite you.

1. Treatment/vaccination of wild lions may be a controversial step, but without that annual lion-mortality would be even higher... & guess who'd be blamed for it.

2. Without active enforcement (or en masse relocation of almost 300 lions) the harrassment & baiting problems are only going to increase with time... again, guess who'd be blamed for it.

3. Only way to hope to reduce lion deaths on rail tracks, is either fencing along the railway line, or shutting down the railway line...You know which one will it be.

They may not be taking all of the necessary steps, but these are some of the necessary steps.
Not taking all the necessary steps should be the reason for criticism, the few necessary steps being taken shouldn't... Reply