Actualisation au 18 Juillet en fin d'article.
Au moins 10 lions du Gujarat sont morts lors des inondations de ces dernières semaines. La puissance de la mousson a été manifestement renforcée par El Nino... Newser, hier. Katy Daigle (Associated Press). "Recent monsoon floods killed 10 of India's endangered Asiatic lions, official say."
The floods killed at least 81 people with mudslides, collapsed homes or high waters in Gujarat state, while thousands were forced to evacuate their homes.
The report, submitted this weekend to the state's environment ministry, said the rains had 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, according to the Press Trust of India.
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.
Hundreds of park workers, animal activists and villagers launched a search for the lions, and found about 80 "roaming safely in their territory, killing wild animals and blue bulls from the surrounding areas," it said, according to PTI.
Actualisation au 18 juillet. Ces décès sont contrebalancés par la naissance concomitante de 11 lionceaux. Voir le détail dans l'article suivant :
http://zeenews.india.com/news/eco-news/11-asiatic-lion-cubs-born-in-gir-national-park-here-are-the-pictures_1632145.html
