After an Asiatic lion was run over by a passenger train near Lilia in Gujarat’s Amreli district late on the night of July 24, the forest department has suspended forest officer Mahesh Khavadiya of Lilia range for his alleged negligence leading to the casualty on the railway track. Aradhna Sahu, chief conservator of forests (CCF) of Junagadh wildlife circle, issued an order to suspend Khavadiya on July 25 for allegedly not alerting either the railway station master or Lilia forest officers to the “presence of wild animals near the track”.…
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2 lionesses fall in well while trying to hunt nilgai, 1 dead | Ahmedabad News
While trying to hunt a nilgai, two sub-adult lionesses fell in an open well on an agricultural field near Dhari village in Gir (East) wildlife division in Amreli on Saturday, leading to death of one of the big cats, forest officers said.The incident happened on the agricultural farm of Shmbhu Rudani on Dhari-Kubda Road near Dhari village in Sarasiya range of Gir (East). Rajdeepsinh Zala, Deputy Conservator of Forests (DCF) of Gir (East), said, “Two sub-adult lionesses fell in the open well while chasing a nilgai on the intervening night…