59 animals died in road accidents in Gir

07-12-2009
59 animals died in road accidents in Gir
Divya Bhaskar
Briefly translated from Gujarati

Gir forest in famous for being only home to Asiatic lions. There are many state and village rounds passing through the Gir forest disturbing wild animals and polluting the forest with vehicles 24 hours. These roads are ROADS TO DEATH for wild animals. From 2004-05 to 2008-09 about 59 wils animals have died in road accident (see attached table) that also included such-1 animals.

No.	Animal	2004-05	'05-06	'06-07	'07-08	'08-09	Total
1	Leopard				1	2	3
2	Spotted Deer	1		2	2	4	9
3	Blue Bull	7	4	1	4	1	17
5	Python		1				1
6	Jackals					2	2
7	Porcupine	1		1		2	4
8	Crocodile			1		1	2
9	Black Buck					1	1
10	Russel Wiper	1					1
11	Rabits		1				1
12	Chinkara			2	2		4
13	Jungle Cat				2	3	5
14	Peachock					1	1
	Total	10	8	7	14	20	59