Thursday, May 12, 2011

Lioness dies of snake-bite at Gir National Park

A strange news. A seven-year-old lioness has died due to a snake-bite at the Sayna Vasiya village in the Una range of the Gir National Park in Gujarat, India.

According to forest officials the lioness, who was from a group of three, consisting of two lions, died last evening.The body was sent to a veterinary hospital for post mortem.

Gir is the only place where Asiatic lions are found. As per the 2010 census, their number was 411.

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