Mock-Drill of Lion Census

10-04-2010
Mock-Drill of Lion Census
Gujarat Samchar
Briefly translated from Gujarati

Census of famous Gir lions is scheduled from 24th to 27th of April  2010. a mock-up counting was arranged on 9th April 2010, which was successfully done by the Forest Department. This was arranged to final probable problems during the census, said DCF Shri Sandeep Kumar. About 1400 forest staff took part in the event. Also to enable easy sighting, many new water points have been created.