Ahmedabad: Lion kings of Gir are enjoying the company of two queens at the same time. This highly unusual behaviour of the big cats has been revealed in a study conducted by a lion researcher, Meena Venkatraman.
Contrary to behaviour seen in Africa, where a lioness mates with two males if left unattended, here in Gir it is the opposite.
Species distribution models (SDMs) are increasingly used for extrapolation, or predicting suitable regions for species under new geographic or temporal scenarios. However, SDM predictions may be prone to errors if species are not at equilibrium with climatic conditions in the current range and if training samples are not representative.
KOLKATA: Asiatic lions, iguanas and emus will be seen among
the animals housed at the Alipore Zoological Gardens here in a little more than
a fortnight, and a consignment of kangaroos and zebras may not be far behind,
officials told The Hindu on Friday.
Junagadh: A lioness was
electrocuted at a village farm in Junagadh on Monday morning. According to
forest department officials, the incident took place on the outskirts of Shapar
village in Visavadar taluka of the district. The lioness, which was about
two-and-ahalf years old, came in contact with a live wire at a farm owned by S Vekhadiya.
Sawarkundla (Amreli): A pride of lions was captured in the lens of wildlife photographer Dilip Jiruka as they swaggered along a road passing through Bhuva village in Amreli on Saturday afternoon. The stretch falls in the Gir sanctuary area.
Mumbai Anita, the 22-year-old purebred Gir lioness at the Byculla Zoo, has been critically ill and under continuous medical surveillance for the past 10 days, zoo veterinarians said on Thursday.
