The dates for the assembly elections in Gujarat have been announced. Polling will be held here in two phases on December 1 and 5. While the counting of votes will be held on December 8 along with Himachal Pradesh.
At first glance that caption might appear a contradiction in terms: lions are never associated with the tearful whimpering. Alas,…
The toll in the Gir National Park and sanctuary in the last three weeks has touched 23, more than four per cent of the lions’ population of 523 at the last census in 2015.
As the Gujarat Government is steadfastly resisting the Supreme Court’s order to shift some of the Gir lions to the Kuno Palpur reserve forest in neighbouring Madhya Pradesh, the recent deaths of so many big cats may weaken the state’s argument that Asiatic lions are safe here.
The lions of the Gir forest, the only surviving habitat of the Asiatic species, have long been a matter for parochial…
