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What is the reason of extinction of Asiatic lion?
Factors which are threats to the Gir PA and lion conservation identified as encroachment, forest fire, natural calamities, grazing, collection of fuelwood, Non-timber forest produce (NTFP), poaching, tourism, religious pilgrimage and accidental lion deaths due to human causes.
What is being done to save the Asiatic lion?
Conservationists are trying to develop Kuno Wildlife Sanctuary, situated in Madhya Pradesh, into a natural habitat for the Asiatic lions. The excess population of Gir will be relocated here. A step that needs to be taken in this regard is to include the local residents within the field staff of the Gir Protected Area.
Who saved the lions in the Gir forest from extinction?
The 1,412 sq km Gir National Park, in Gujarat is the only natural habitat of the Asiatic Lion. What saved the lions here, were the efforts of the Nawabs of Junagadh, who ruled the region.
Is Blackbuck extinct?
Near Threatened (Population stable)
Blackbuck/Conservation status
Why are there no Lions in India?
Sadly hunting caused the lion’s numbers and territory to shrink, until they were only found on the Indian subcontinent. After that, trigger-happy British colonialists and Indian maharajahs shot practically all of India’s lions except for a handful in the Gir deciduous forests in Junagarh, a district in Gujarat in western India.
Why are Asiatic lions dying out?
In fact one of those disasters may have now arrived, as at least 23 Asiatic lions have died in the past few months. About half of the deaths have been linked to an outbreak of canine distemper virus, an infectious disease that has also threatened other wild cat populations.
Which Forest in India is famous for the conservation of Lions?
In Saurashtra’s Gir Forest, an area of 1,412.1 km 2 (545.2 sq mi) was declared as a sanctuary for Asiatic lion conservation in 1965. This sanctuary and the surrounding areas are the only habitats supporting the Asiatic lion.
When was the Asiatic lion first discovered?
The Asiatic lion was first described in 1826 by the Austrian zoologist Johann N. Meyer who named it Felis leo persicus. Until the 19th century, it occurred in eastern Turkey, Iran, Mesopotamia, and from east of the Indus River to Bengal and Narmada River in Central India.