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Gir Jungle Safari

• Author : Sanskriti Goyal
• Date : October 17, 2024

Gir Sasan, The world deals with an unprecedented spike in illegal wildlife trade, threatening to upset many years of protection gains. Poaching of animals was quite common in ancient days, and still, the practice of animal hunting is going on. Wildlife poaching for trade escalates the direct threat to the survival of many species in the world.

A wildlife sanctuary is an area where flora and fauna are maintained with a prohibited zone in a natural environment to conserve them. Poaching of animals is strictly illegal worldwide; wild creatures are not permitted to hunt and sell. Wildlife on planets is siege from all sides, facing down habitat loss due to illicit trade and the successful and traditional shikar practice.  Hunters are indulged in hunting in Gir National Park despite the forest department’s strict rules to conserve the extinct species, mainly tigers, Rhinos, Elephants, and Lions. 

Until barely a century ago till in the recent days, the Gir forest in Gujarat echoed with the sound of guns set off in the pursuit of animals and birds of various proportions, as part of that favored pastime subcontinent’s elite hunting. To enhance the Gir wildlife sanctuary, Gujarat’s state forest department had taken some steps to protect the Asiatic Lions in the world.

In the wake of the Asiatic Lions’ numerous deaths, the wildlife management planned drone surveillance during nights to track animals from being poached by humans. The surveillance wills not only capture lions but other critically endangered species like Bustards and Lesser Florican bids. It has been found that fewer than 100 bustards are left globally, where 17 bustards are located in the Gir National Park.

Gir National Park, mostly known as the Sasan Gir, is situated in Gujarat, India. It is the last abode for the Asiatic Lions and many species that are suffering from extinction. Gir forest map will navigate you towards deep into the forest.

In the nineteenth century, Indian princely states’ leaders used to welcome the British homesteaders for hunting endeavors. Towards the end of the nineteenth century, just around a dozen Asiatic lions were left in India, every one of them in the Gir Forest, the famous hunting grounds of the Nawab of Junagarh. English emissaries brought the extreme decay of the lion populace in Gir to the consideration of the Nawab of Junagadh, who set up the safe-haven. Today, it is the central zone in Asia where Asiatic lions stay and are viewed as one of Asia’s most significant protected zones in light of its biodiversity. To visit the place and to view the extinct species capturing them in your bare eyes, go for a Gir safari booking to experience the wilderness under the lap of nature.