Lioness preying on boar dies of poison

Rajkot | Thursday | 20th September, 2018

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But we are trying to convince them and also plan to start a deworming programme in the revenue areas,” Patel said. Rajkot: The carcass of a five-year-old lioness was found on the riverbed of Khari river in Bherai village of Rajula taluka in Amreli on Wednesday morning. According to preliminary investigation, the death was caused by some kind of worms present in the wild boar.”“The lungs of the lioness had stopped functioning. It is suspected that the lioness had died of poisoning after it preyed on a wild boar on the outskirts of the village on Tuesday.The carcass was discovered on Wednesday morning by local villagers, who also informed the forest officials.Amreli conservator of forest A C Patel said, “The lioness had preyed on a wild boar before it died. “The farmers are under the wrong impression that deworming reduces the milk capacity of milch animals..