NE NEWS SERVICE
AHMEDABAD, JULY 6
Two lion cubs fell into an open well at a village in Gujarat’s Gir-Somnath district, and were rescued on Tuesday morning, an official from the forest department said.
The cubs fell into a well in Fatsar village under the Jasadhar range of Gir-East division of Gir forest late on Monday night, the official said.
While the cubs have been shifted to Jasadhar animal care centre following the rescue, a search operation has been launched to locate their mother, said Anshuman Sharma, Deputy Conservator of Forest, Gir-East.
“Two lion cubs, about eight to 12 months old, fell into an open well of a farm in Fatsar at night. Although the well had water, the duo managed to survive by tucking themselves into a small space inside the well.
In the morning, the farmer alerted the local forest staff, following which a rescue operation was initiated,” Sharma said. The cubs could have fallen into the well, which had a low parapet wall, either while chasing a prey or just out of curiosity, he said, adding that a search operation has been launched in the nearby revenue and forest areas to trace the lioness, who was not found inside the well.
