following the death of five lions in the Gujarat's Gir Sanctuary within a span of three months, the state forest department plans to shift some of the lions to the neighbouring Barda hill forest range. According to officials, three of the five lions died due to natural causes. With an increase in the population of the Asiatic lion from 306 in 1996 to more than 330 in May 2000, the Gir sanctuary is facing a