Lion deaths: Monitoring system under scanner

Rajkot | Saturday | 22nd September, 2018

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This makes it difficult for trackers or forester to trace them for days.”Asked about vacant RFO position, Patel said: “We hope that the post will be filled up soon.” This is a failure of monitoring system. Another officer on condition of anonymity said: “It is high time that government drafts a vision document for lion conservation, specially when the population is increasing. The system is to report about every animal’s movement, especially in a sensitive range like Dalkhaniya.”Dalkhania range is spread on nearly 12,000 hectares and there are around 60 lions here. It’s a grassland and there is enough population of nil gai (blue bull), a favourite food of lions..