Asiatic Lion - Data, Pictures & Videos

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(06-11-2019, 03:06 PM)jordi6927 Wrote: Thanks for the responses ... thats a great genetic breakdown ... I hope that one day something will be done to strengthen the genetic stock of the Asiatic lions in India. .......... Im not sure what the hold up is with moving some to another park to relieve their population numbers but I hope the problem can be solved too ... there has to be a solution. But then again, it is an Asian country so solving conservation problems doesnt seem to be at the top of any of their lists.

Though Gujarat State has set up satellites of Gir Forest National Park, such as Devalia Safari Park (https://www.lonelyplanet.com/india/attra...137/356195),

to contain lions that can't fit in Gir Forest any more, Gujaratis, including Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself, are proud that the Asiatic lion has done well in Gujarat, so they see the lion as the "Pride of Gujarat", and they fear that lion-tourism in Gujarat, which is worth million of rupees, will suffer if lions are transferred elsewhere, so they don't want to transfer lions to Kuno-Palpur in the neighbouring state of Madhya Pradesh, despite the demand of the Indian Supreme Court back in 2013 to do so, the fact that Madhya Pradesh has taken steps like relocating more than 1,500 families in 24 villages outside Kuno to make space for the lions, the fact there was a recent outbreak of the canine distemper virus Asiatic lions, and it had killed 1,000 East African lions in the Serengeti region years ago (https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/new...296056.cms, https://www.asianage.com/india/all-india...tuary.html, https://qz.com/india/1414444/why-are-ind...r-gujarat/), and the fact that to attract tourists to its new and huge "Statue of Unity", the World's tallest statue on the banks of the Narmada River, Gujarat State was happy to relocate 300 mugger crocodiles from the river, so that they wouldn't pose a threat to tourists (https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-47010656)! Reply