Etawah Safari Loses one more Lion: Worlld Can't afford to lose Asian Lions; All steps be taken for medical care
The upcoming Lion Safari in Etawah is faced with a gigantic challenge of ensuring survival of the Endangered Asiatic Lions.The death of translocated lions and their five cubs has ripped open chinks in the Park,'s management which should not lose the rare animals so easily Sudden death of A lioness Tapsaya this week after developing infection within week of arriving there from Junagadh has jolted the state government driving it to realize the gravity of situation. Total 523 Asiatic Lions are left in the World and India is its only home globally.The African Lions have already been put on the red list. The Etawah Safari was given three Lions last week by Gujarat. While Tapsaya died of tick and worm disease, two others Pataudi and Jessica have been moved to breeding centre.At least half a dozen Lions are already there. Authorities feel that breeding programme would be a success Unfortunately, fiv...