10 more Gir lions bite the dust one by one of every 10 days, add up to toll up to 21

Each of the 10 Asiatic lions, safeguarded from the Dalkhaniya Range in Amreli locale following the passing of 11 major felines, have kicked the bucket at the Jasadhar creature care focus. 

The lions capitulated in a steady progression between September 20 and September 30, sending a shockwave in Asia's lone dwelling place lions.

RAJKOT/AHMEDABAD: Every one of the 10 Asiatic lions, protected from Gir's Dalkhaniya Range in Gujarat's Amreli area following the passing of 11 major felines, has kicked the bucket at the Jasadhar creature care focus, the Gujarat backwoods division affirmed on Monday. 

The Lions surrendered in a steady progression between September 20 and September 30, sending shockwaves through Asia's solitary residence lions. The loss of life since September 12 has expanded to 21. Prior, 11 lions, including whelps, were discovered dead in Dalkhaniya between September 12 and September 19. 

In any case, a scarier disclosure is that four of the 11 lions that passed on between September 12 and September 16 were tainted with canine distemper infection (CDV). This deadly infection spreads from mutts in nature. This is a similar infection which had wiped out about 1,000 lions from Tanzania's Serengeti Save in 1994. 

Woods and condition serve Ganpat Vasava told TOI: "Starter reports from National Organization of Virology, Pune, have affirmed CDV in four lions. We are anticipating the last report of conceivable CDV in different lions." The woodland office said on Monday that of the aggregate 21 lions, six had passed on of protozoan disease and four because of "some infection". 


The protozoan disease is caused by ticks, for the most part, found among mutts in the wild, and also cows and even grass. As a prudent advance, the backwoods office has cleared 31 lions from Semardi zone close Sarasiya Vidi and moved them to Jamwala protect focus.