Gujarat has introduced cutting-edge facilities, including a high-tech wildlife monitoring centre and a state-of-the-art veterinary hospital in Sasan Gir, ensuring advanced care for endangered species.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi went on a lion safari at Gir Wildlife Sanctuary in Gujarat's Junagadh district on Monday morning, on the occasion of the World Wildlife Day, during his tour of the state.

Lions are usually spotted in this region in the dead of the night. The Gir Forest National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary, also known as Sasan-Gir, is known as the "last abode" of Asiatic lions.

The DCF added that the lion movement was suspected to be near the area and the forest department had put out cages to catch ...

Gir is also home to the mugger or the marsh crocodile. The Crocodile Breeding Farm is located nearby. Gujarat State Forest Department adopted the Indian Crocodile Conservation Project in 1977 and ...