{"id":87278,"date":"2020-06-11T18:10:25","date_gmt":"2020-06-11T12:40:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=15874"},"modified":"2020-06-11T18:10:25","modified_gmt":"2020-06-11T12:40:25","slug":"29-rise-in-asiatic-lion-numbers-says-gujarat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/29-rise-in-asiatic-lion-numbers-says-gujarat\/","title":{"rendered":"29% rise in Asiatic lion numbers, says Gujarat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong> According to the Gujarat forest department, the Asiatic Lion population in Gir national park has increased by 29% in the past five years \u2014 from 523 in 2015 to 674 in 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/L0aCwjozRffGI4O62PTB5yvxM6XRiN2tcBfLeVEEYxIlQc3ZGXe8IKdeLlkelzmmiuYR6UBHIpJZb9f7BNi922xBD8dTdLQ6eM8qcpvTs24X5AIQ5B-d4AZKa1nXruR7CTaRPOcf\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Characteristics: <\/strong>Asiatic lions are slightly smaller than African lions.The most striking morphological character is a longitudinal fold of skin running along the belly of Asiatic Lions.<\/li><li><strong>Habitat: <\/strong>At present Gir National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary is the only abode of the Asiatic lion.<\/li><li><strong>IUCN Status<\/strong>: Endangered<\/li><li><strong>Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972: <\/strong>Schedule-I<\/li><li><strong>Threats: a) <\/strong>Poaching and Habitat Fragmentation <strong>b) <\/strong>vulnerability to diseases <strong>c) <\/strong>death from linear infrastructure such as road, rail and electric fences and <strong>d) <\/strong>man-animal conflict.<\/li><li><strong>Initiatives: <\/strong>Asiatic lion conservation project was launched by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change to protect and conserve the Asiatic Lion.It is a 3 year-long conservation project.It focuses on disease management, habitat improvement, creating a wildlife crime cell among others.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Additional Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Gir National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary: <\/strong>The Gir National park was established in 1965.It is situated in the Saurashtra region of Gujarat.It is part of the Kathiawar-Gir dry deciduous forests Ecoregion.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: According to the Gujarat forest department, the Asiatic Lion population in Gir national park has increased by 29% in the past five years \u2014 from 523 in 2015 to 674 in 2020. Facts: Characteristics: Asiatic lions are slightly smaller than African lions.The most striking morphological character is a longitudinal fold of skin running along&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/29-rise-in-asiatic-lion-numbers-says-gujarat\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">29% rise in Asiatic lion numbers, says Gujarat<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9326,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4182],"tags":[2421],"class_list":["post-87278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environment","tag-asiatic-lion","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704858748},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9326"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87278"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87278\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}