Local lion trackers found that one of the injured lions was from the near-by Rajula range and it had ventured near Khambha.
RAJKOT: Two adult Asiatic lions were injured following a fierce duel, reportedly over territory, near Khambha town of Amreli district on Saturday night.
Residents of Baar Patoli village of Gir sanctuary's Tulsishyam range called up the forest department in Khambha early on Sunday morning when they spotted the lions lying injured on a hillock nearby.
"Some people heard loud roars in the night and later in the morning, some villagers even spotted the two lions lying injured on the Tetar hillock," said a forest department official. Local lion trackers found that one of the injured lions was from the nearby Rajula range and it had ventured near Khambha. "This would have enraged the lion staying on the hillock and both got engaged in a fierce fight," the official said.
Staff from Khambha and Rajula forest departments have placed cages
with bait inside to capture the lions so that they are given medical
treatment for the wounds.
Residents of Baar Patoli village of Gir sanctuary's Tulsishyam range called up the forest department in Khambha early on Sunday morning when they spotted the lions lying injured on a hillock nearby.
"Some people heard loud roars in the night and later in the morning, some villagers even spotted the two lions lying injured on the Tetar hillock," said a forest department official. Local lion trackers found that one of the injured lions was from the nearby Rajula range and it had ventured near Khambha. "This would have enraged the lion staying on the hillock and both got engaged in a fierce fight," the official said.
Forest officials are now hoping that they come near the cages in the night and get captured.
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