Lioness gives birth to 3 cubs in Gir forest

15-06-2010
Lioness gives birth to 3 cubs in Gir forest
Press Trust of India
http://www.ptinews.com/news/716684_Lioness-gives-birth-to-3-cubs-in-Gir-forest

A lioness has given birth to three cubs in the Gir forest region of Jafrabad taluka in the district, forest officials said today.

The cubs were born last night in the forest region near Nageshari village, they said.

Lions are enlisted as a Schedule-1 animal under the (Indian) Wildlife Act, whose existence is considered to be on the verge of extinction.

The Gir forest is spread in three districts of Junagadh, Amreli and Bhavnagar, and is considered to be the last abode of Asiatic lions.

According to the lion census conducted between April 24- 27 early this year, there were 411 lions in Gir forests, which included 162 females and 97 males, 77 cubs less than one-year- old and 75 cubs aged between one to three years.