Surveillance Tightened in Gir: Officials Rule Out Outbreak After Five Asiatic Lion Deaths
The Gir National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary in Gujarat—the last wild refuge of the endangered Asiatic lion—has been placed under heightened environmental and medical surveillance following a cluster of big cat fatalities. Reports confirming that five lions are dead in Gujarat’s Gir within a 10-day window sparked immediate public anxiety regarding a potential wildlife epidemic…