Thursday, March 25, 2010

Gir villagers kill lion in self-defence.

Express news service Posted: Tuesday , Mar 23, 2010 at 0204 hrs Rajkot:

An Asiatic lion was killed on Monday by villagers in Junagadh district who claimed that it had attacked and injured seven people.

The forest department has registered a case under the Wildlife Act against three unidentified persons from Chorwadi village. The village falls under the Girnar range in outer Gir Wildlife Sanctuary area, the last home of the Asiatic lions. All the seven injured have been admitted at the Junagadh Civil Hospital. The forest department is in the process of identifying the people who killed the lion.

“The lion’s body was found from the Girnar range, on the fringes of which three villages — Chorwadi, Nawagam and Mandalpur — are located. The lion was hit by an axe on the head. It was a male lion, aged around three-four years,” said Assistant Conservator of Forest P S Babariya.

Source:http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Gir-villagers-kill-lion-in-self-defence/594373

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