I was reading an article and it said that there are too many lions in Gir, and their problem is space. They have even taken to living on the beach! Check out the article here:
'Ten thousand years ago, their habitat ranged from the Mediterannean to the wilds of India. They now cling precariously to their modern habitat, an impossibly small domain Gir National Park. A rough census at the time of independence shows about 250 lions, the 2010 census quotes 411. This may sound like good news but this large number is ironically the main cause for concern. It may be odd to think of the Asiatic lion as endangered, but the truth is that Gir is way overpopulated and needs quite a few of its lions relocated urgently. Ignorance and false pride from the state goverment's part can have disastrous consequences as the sanctuary is proving to small for the big cats. With the shortage of territory to command, lions are fast moving out of the sanctuary. Some of them have even taken to the beach! To survive the lions have to put up with factors such as acute inbreeding given that the 400 plus population has been said to have been derived from around a dozen individuals."
-indianwildlifeclub.com
Should we petition for more space for the Lions?
'Ten thousand years ago, their habitat ranged from the Mediterannean to the wilds of India. They now cling precariously to their modern habitat, an impossibly small domain Gir National Park. A rough census at the time of independence shows about 250 lions, the 2010 census quotes 411. This may sound like good news but this large number is ironically the main cause for concern. It may be odd to think of the Asiatic lion as endangered, but the truth is that Gir is way overpopulated and needs quite a few of its lions relocated urgently. Ignorance and false pride from the state goverment's part can have disastrous consequences as the sanctuary is proving to small for the big cats. With the shortage of territory to command, lions are fast moving out of the sanctuary. Some of them have even taken to the beach! To survive the lions have to put up with factors such as acute inbreeding given that the 400 plus population has been said to have been derived from around a dozen individuals."
-indianwildlifeclub.com
Should we petition for more space for the Lions?
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