NE NEWS SERVICE
AHMEDABAD, OCT 30
Forest officials recovered carcasses of a lioness and a leopardess from open wells in the Shetrunjay wildlife division of Gir forest region in Amreli district on Saturday.
An Asiatic lioness was found dead in an open well in Nageshree village in Jafrabad range forest, while the carcass of a leopardess was recovered from another well in Juni Barpatoli village of Rajula range forest, an official said.
The lioness was around five to nine years old, while the leopardess was one to two years old, the official said, adding their carcasses were sent for post mortem.
According to the state forest department, Gujarat has lost 313 lions in two years, of 23 had died of unnatural causes, in 2019-20.
Former state Forest Minister Ganpat Vasava had said that the government has built parapet walls for 43,000 open wells in Gir forest to prevent animals from falling into wells.
