Critically Endangered ~ Asiatic Lions , ONLY 500 left on the planet!

[Guest guest]

CRITICALLY ENDANGERED " Asiatic

Lions " need your HELP in spreading awareness about their plight for

survival.

 

 

 

 

 

Hello all of you interested in nature & wildlife and in saving

the Asiatic Lions for our future generations

 

and Mr. Kishore Kotecha of " Gir & Asiatic Lion Protection Society

(GALPS) " ,

India (State of

Gujarat)

 

and Amit B. Jethava of " Gir Nature Youth Club " , India

(State of Gujarat)

 

 

 

 

 

Mr. Kishore Kotecha, yes please post photos & Asiatic Lion/Gir/Kuno news

regularly to the Group, also translate local Gujarati news and post to

ASIATIC

LION Group as well as on the Blog. You can always mention at the

bottom of the

news that it is also now posted on the ASIATIC LION Blog and give the

address

of the blog also mention it is there in the Links section of our

Group. As you

know both " Gir & Asiatic Lion

Protection Society (GALPS) " website and the Blog has already

been added in the " Links " section of the ASIATIC LION Group by me for the

benefit of all of us.

 

 

 

It is also great news that you Mr. Amit B. Jethava, President, " Gir

Nature Youth

Club " have also joined the ASIATIC LION Group, now you can continue your

efforts to save Gir Sanctuary & surrounding habitat and Asiatic Lions

along

with all of us and your input is always appreciated as it will also

inform all

of us of what is happening on the field in Asiatic Lion territory. You are

welcome to also post photos & Asiatic Lion/Gir/Kuno news regularly to the

Group, also translate local Gujarati news and post to ASIATIC LION

Group as

well. You and your club members are also close to Gir

National Park and Wildlife

Sanctuary and surrounding regions where wild Asiatic Lions live like the

members of GALPS, I will request that both your teams become members

of this group

and treat this as your own group. All the members of " Gir Nature Youth

Club " and " Gir & Asiatic

Lion Protection Society (GALPS) " please coordinate together your

efforts to save the Asiatic Lions and spread awareness about their

precarious

situation. I will also request all of you to make joint trips

regularly over

the years to both Gir Sanctuary in Gujarat

State and Kuno Sanctuary in Madhya

Pradesh State

and also Zoos around the country who have or will have Asiatic Lions

to ensure

their wellbeing. Of course we love all the other animals and the

forest/wilderness too so lets all care for nature as a whole too.

 

 

 

Kuno Wildlife Sanctuary in India,

in the state of Madhya Pradesh is soon going to be the second home for

wild

Asiatic Lions (a geographically separated secure " second population "

in a " second region " to guard against epidemics and natural

calamities and who knows even War). All of us Wildlife & Asiatic Lion

lovers

should appreciate the efforts and sacrifice of the poor tribals from 24

villages who have already agreed and moved out of Kuno to make it an

undisturbed second home for the re-introduction of wild free ranging

Asiatic

Lions. Thousands of Asiatic Lions lived in the State of Madhya

Pradesh in India

too and other parts as well along with Tigers before they were killed

off by

man like in other parts of Asia including in Iran

and Europe where the Asiatic Lions once reigned not too

long ago.

 

 

 

 

 

You all who are closer to Gir and Asiatic Lions should visit

both Gir and Kuno and also post your trip photos and reports here on

the group from

time to time. Also appreciate the efforts of Madhya Pradesh Forest

Department

in preparing Kuno for Asiatic Lion re-introduction along with Gujarat

Forest

Department who is taking care of Gir where the only wild population of

Asiatic

Lions in the world is found presently. If you have any complains about any

government employee or political party not doing enough for the

Asiatic Lions

and the protection of their habitat you can jointly lodge a complaint

and let

us all know too how it progresses. You can also write to Madhya

Pradesh Forest

Department and the Chief Minister to prepare Kuno properly for the Asiatic

Lions and take urgent needed action so that it is ready to host

Asiatic Lions

sooner. Allocate funds in time to protect increasing wildlife

population in

Kuno against illegal poaching, help properly in rehabilitating tribals

from

villages who have agreed and moved out of the forest to make place for the

Asiatic Lions. Inquire about what is the status of the prey population

in Kuno

and if any translocation of prey is being done to Kuno to supplement

Asiatic

Lion food base there. There are enough Nilgais and Wildboars in

farmland all

over the states in India

that could be translocated to Kuno to help increase the prey base for

Lions

there. Prey translocation if needed can not be ignored. Though recent

studies show

that over the last decade or so the local prey base has already

strengthened

enough now to support a pride or two of translocated wild Asiatic

Lions easily.

 

 

 

 

 

Unfortunately it seems the Indian

State of Gujarat

is still having difficulty in giving up its monopoly on the tourism

revenues

generated by wild Asiatic Lions which are only found in its bounds

presently in

the whole world. Gujarat is still opposing with all its

might the re-introduction of wild free ranging Asiatic Lions to the Indian

State of Madhya Pradesh, a program

of the Central Government of India. You all can read about this tussle

and the

selfishness

being shown by the State of Gujarat

against sending any wild Asiatic Lions out of the State on the News

pages of

the website of " The Asiatic Lion Information Centre, The home of the

European

Asiatic Lion Breeding Programme " at:

http://www.asiatic-lion.org/index.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

I know there is lot to be done but its good that all of us

are coming together to build awareness to ensure the wellbeing of Asiatic

Lions, their habitat and other animals that live there as well.

 

 

 

 

 

Let me also take this opportunity to thank Lisa ( " Lisa

C. " wildview,

zenzoolittle)

to have helped us in forming this group and also thank Icer ( " Annelisa

Johnson "

icer_01, icer)

and " Kishore Kotecha " (kotecha_kishore, info,

info)

for being moderators and helping with the management of our group.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Along with all new members let us also welcome two more

names I recognized amongst our member list and thank you all for you

concern

and looking forward for your help and support in spreading awareness

to save

these magnificent Asiatic Lions and their natural habitat:

 

 

 

 

 

*Ms Priya Ghose,

 

 

 

Scientific Affairs,

 

 

Embassy of the United States of America

 

 

GhoseP

 

 

(Embassy Address: Shantipath, Chanakypuri, 110021 New

Delhi, India)

 

 

Website: http://newdelhi.usembassy.gov/

 

 

http://calcutta.usconsulate.gov/artwebalertmayjun05fc.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*Dr. Bharat Jethva

 

 

GEER Foundation, Gujarat

Ecological Education and Research (GEER) Foundation

 

Indroda Nature Park

 

Gandhinagar

 

Gujarat, INDIA

 

Website: http://www.geerfoundation.gujarat.gov.in/aboutus.htm

 

 

 

Email: bharatjethva2000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Everybody is invited to post articles and photos about

Asiatic Lions in their natural habitat or from Zoos around the world.

General

articles about Asiatic Lion history from around the world and about other

animals with whom they share their habitats are also welcome.

 

 

 

 

 

Long live the Asiatic Lions and the wildernesses around Gir

in Gujarat where they now live and Kuno forests where

they shall rule again soon.

 

 

 

 

 

Also reminding you all once again there is a sister species

to Asiatic Lions which shared much of its habitat all over Asia

including in India,

it's the " Asiatic Cheetahs " . Now

having gone recently extinct in India

the very last 50 to 60 remain in Iran.

You can also help in spreading awareness about them. As we speak now

they are

sprinting towards their " Final-Extinction " , please read about them and

follow

the research links in my following article on Asiatic Cheetah to help

in saving

them too from extinction:

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Asiatic_Cheetah & oldid=75407443

 

 

 

 

 

 

Best wishes

 

 

Atul Singh Nischal

 

 

atulsinghnischal

 

 

 

 

 

Your

ASIATIC LION GROUP:

 

http://tech.Asiatic_Lions/

 

 

All

nature lovers and officials in charge are invited to join us in our

efforts to spread

awareness and save the CRITICALLY ENDANGERED " ASIATIC LIONS " and their

Habitat, please go to our group website above by clicking on the link

and join

us in our effort.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Royal Enclave <info

 

atulsinghnischal

 

Cc: Kamlesh Adhia <kamleshadhiya; Qutub Bharmal

<qbharmal

 

Friday, September 22, 2006

9:09:09 AM

 

RE: Asiatic Lion Comment/Queries

 

 

Hi

Atul,

 

 

 

 

 

Thank

you for your team spirit. I shall definately do my best. I am putting

regular

news articles on http://asiatic-lion.blogspot.com

.. Do you want me to put the same in ?? Let me know so i can

do that.

At present i am in London till 8th october. But

back in India my collegue Kamlesh

Adhia is working on collection of images & video clips and Dr.Maradia (Zoo

Suptdt.Rajkot) is working on text content. After i am back we will combine

things and finish website. Also my friend Qutub is working on web

desinging and

other techies. We are working in such a way that all authorised (ofcourse

including you!!) can edit / ammend the content like wikipedia. Please

also note

address of Kamlesh and Qutub in cc field in this email for futher

communication

when need be.

 

 

 

 

 

Regards

 

 

 

 

 

Kishore

 

 

Gir &

Asiatic Lion Protection Society (GALPS)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

atulsinghnischal [atulsinghnischal]

 

22 September 2006 12:11

 

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Asiatic Lion Comment/Queries

 

 

You have received new email from Atul Singh Nischal on 9/22/2006 @

1:41:08 AM

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Atul Singh

Nischal Email: atulsinghnischal comment :

 

 

 

To

 

 

Mr. Kishore Kotecha

 

Gir & Asiatic Lion Protection

Society (GALPS)

 

 

128, Star Plaza, Phulchhab Chowk

 

 

Rajkot 360 001 INDIA

 

 

GUJARAT-India

 

Phones:

+91 281 2444 074, 2294 455

 

 

Mobile: +91 98240 62062

 

 

Website: http://www.asiaticlion.org/index.htm

 

Email: info,

info

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hi Mr. Kishore Kotecha

 

 

 

I have made you the " moderator " of the " ASIATIC LION

GROUP " , you have registered with us with email address:

kotecha_kishore, now you can also help with the management

of our

group. A message must have gone to your above address, please treat

this as

your own group, please send out mails regularly and news and post

photos etc.,

you have to run this group for years to come, I know you are very busy

with

your website just now.

 

 

 

Hope you also get the time to continuously improve your website also

over the

years when needed.

 

 

 

Best wishes

 

Atul

 

 

 

Your ASIATIC LION GROUP:

 

 

 

http://tech.Asiatic_Lions/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Copy also sent to:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*Mr. Kishore Kotecha

 

Gir & Asiatic Lion Protection Society (GALPS)

 

128,

Star Plaza, Phulchhab Chowk

 

Rajkot,

Pin: 360 001

 

 

 

Gujarat State, INDIA

 

Phones:

+91 281 2444 074, 2294 455

 

 

Mobile: +91 98240 62062

 

 

 

Website: http://www.asiaticlion.org/index.htm

 

Email: info,

info, kotecha_kishore

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*Amit B. Jethava

 

 

President

 

 

Gir Nature Youth Club

(GNYC)

 

 

At: Khambha, Di: Amreli, Pin: 365650

 

 

Gujarat State, INDIA

 

 

Telaphone: 02797-260121,260182

 

 

Telefax: 02797-260182

 

 

Mobile: +91 94

269 38812

 

 

Email: amitjethava

 

 

 

amitjethava

 

 

amit_jethava

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*Ms Priya Ghose,

 

 

 

Scientific Affairs,

 

 

Embassy of the United States of America

 

 

GhoseP

 

 

(Embassy Address: Shantipath, Chanakypuri, 110021 New

Delhi, India)

 

 

http://calcutta.usconsulate.gov/index.html

 

 

 

http://calcutta.usconsulate.gov/artwebalertmayjun05fc.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*Dr. Bharat

Jethva

 

 

GEER Foundation, Gujarat

Ecological Education and Research (GEER) Foundation

 

Indroda Nature Park

 

Gandhinagar

 

Gujarat, INDIA

 

Website: http://www.geerfoundation.gujarat.gov.in/aboutus.htm

 

 

 

Email: bharatjethva2000