India acts to save Asiatic lion by moving it - but hard work has only just begun | Kavitha Rao

Ambitious plan to translocate lions from Gujarat to Madhya Pradesh finally gets green light with Supreme Court rulingWildlife is under threat in most of India, but there's one state that's clinging to its fauna, if rather too tightly. The state of Gujarat - whose Gir forest shelters the world's only Asiatic lion population - has lost a bitter battle over an ambitious translocation project. For over 18 years, conservationists have been attempting to move a pride of Gir lions to the Kuno sanctuary in the state of Madhya Pradesh. But the Gujarat government stubbornly refused to let the lions go. Meanwhile, an impatient Madhya Pradesh government bizarrely suggested introducing African cheetahs, whose Asiatic cousin once roamed the area. Continue reading...