Eco Watch | Gir lion attacks: A problem of plenty

Download AppNewsUP FrontEco Watch | Gir lion attacks: A problem of plenty Conservation success brings new challenges as humans and lions increasingly share space For Gujarat’s conservation triumph with the Asiatic Lions is straining against its own success. Six deaths due to lion attacks in June and July have shaken up the Saurashtra peninsula. The most shocking of these was the death of an 11-year-old boy, dragged away while the family was climbing the steps to the temples atop Mount Girnar. The outrage is testing the foundations of the state’s celebrated conservation model—of humans and lions sharing spaces and coexisting.