New Delhi:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday morning went on a lion safari at Gir Wildlife Sanctuary in Gujarat’s Junagadh on the event of World Wildlife Day. Throughout the jeep safari, he was accompanied by some ministers and senior forest division officers and was additionally seen capturing photos of lions.
In a submit on X later, he reiterated the dedication to “shield and protect the unbelievable biodiversity of our planet” on the event of World Wildlife Day.
“Each species performs an important position — let’s safeguard their future for generations to come back. We additionally take pleasure in India’s contributions in the direction of preserving and defending wildlife,” he wrote and tagged a video displaying him taking jungle safari within the current years.
Right now, on #WorldWildlifeDay, let’s reiterate our dedication to guard and protect the unbelievable biodiversity of our planet. Each species performs an important position—let’s safeguard their future for generations to come back!
We additionally take pleasure in India’s contributions in the direction of preserving… pic.twitter.com/qtZdJlXskA
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) March 3, 2025
At Sasan Gir, the headquarters of the Gir Wildlife Sanctuary, he can even chair the seventh assembly of the Nationwide Board for Wildlife (NBWL). After the assembly, he’s anticipated to work together with some girls forest staffers at Sasan.
Venture Lion In Gir
The Centre has applied a “Venture Lion” within the Gir panorama in Gujarat for the conservation of Asiatic lions, for which Gujarat is the one abode.
The challenge goals to – safe and restore lions’ habitats for managing its rising inhabitants; scale up livelihood technology and participation of native communities; change into a worldwide hub of information on large cat illness diagnostics and therapy; and inclusive biodiversity conservation by means of challenge lion initiative.
In line with the Centre, the inhabitants of Asiatic lions in Gujarat has proven an rising pattern, with the latest estimate in June 2020 placing it at 674, up from 523 in 2015 and 411 in 2010.
A doc from the Gujarat chief wildlife warden’s workplace exhibits that the lions’ distribution space rose from 22,000 sq. kilometres in 2015 to 30,000 sq. kilometres in 2020.
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