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Asiatic Lion Reintroduction Project

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03-02-2019, 03:42 PM ( This post was last modified: 03-02-2019, 03:54 PM by Rishi )

This is the shortest summary i could do Like

(03-02-2019, 02:56 PM)Siegfried Wrote: Would you please be kind enough to briefly SUMMARIZE the current status in a few sentences?

It's in limbo! The Gujarat state govt still insists on each & every IUCN recommended studies be done, knowing some would need years, despite Wildlife Institute of India giving green light to the relocation. Kuno-Palpur in Madhya Pradesh (MP), where the lions were supposed to go, was even declared a National Park and increased in size.

The MP state on the other hand was governed by same Political Party as Gujarat & Central govt until last year. Now MP is under rule of another party & they're pressurising Central govt for lion relocation.
MP state's Chief Minister recently wrote to the Prime Minister of India's office urging him to intervene, but PM Modi is from Gujarat himself. When he was CM of Gujarat earlier, he strongly opposed it. So, there's very low chance that he'll let it happen now, that also while his political competition taking credits for it.

Exchanging lions for tigers was brought up once, a decade ago... with recent tiger reports in Gujarat, that might be on the table again.
Or MP could go for its "Plan B" try to rewild captive-born cubs. With MP forest department successfully raising & releasing several orphaned or rescued tiger cubs, it's not uncharted waters anymore!
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