According to a new report, 10 Asiatic lions and dozens of people were killed last month by monsoon flooding in Gujarat, India.
The report, submitted this weekend to the state and federal environment ministries, said the rains also killed at least 10 of the country’s 523 lions — the last members of the subspecies left anywhere in the wild — as well as prey animals including more than 80 spotted deer and 1,670 Asian antelope called blue bulls…The lions’ deaths occurred in two badly flooded areas near the lion sanctuary in Gir National Forest in southern Gujarat. Other lions were found in “weak health and shocked condition” and were given treatment and food supplements, the report said, according to the Press Trust of India.
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