Despite step-motherly treatment by the Centre, the lion population has grown steadily along with the area in which they can be found, claim officials of the state forest department.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/lion-population-gujarat-rise
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/himanshu-kaushik
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/times-india-ahmedabad
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/gujarat
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/lion
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tiger
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/census-habitat-monitoring
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/gir-sa
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/endangered-species
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wildlife