Guest guest Posted May 7, 2007 Report Share Posted May 7, 2007 7-5-2007 Lion shifting may lead to public movement Times of India By Himanshu Kaushik Print Edition Rajkot/Ahmedabad: The shifting of lions from Gujarat to Kuno-Palpur in Madhya Pradesh will led to a mass movement in Gujarat. Several voluntary organizations are preparing to challenge the said decision in the Gujarat High Court and also launch a mass movement against the Centre’s decision to shift lions from Gujarat. Mahesh Pandya of Paryavaran Mitra, a non-government organization, has already taken a legal opinion against the decision to shift lions from Gujarat to Madhya Pradesh. He said, “As soon as the Centre announces a date to shift the lions,Paryavaran Mitra and several like minded organizations will join hands and challenge the decision in the court.” He added “We admit that the state has failed to provide adequate protection to the lions in the state, but instead of shifting the lions out of Gujarat, there are several alternatives available with the Centre to shift them within the state.” Pandya said that soon a people’s movement will be launched in major cities of the state which will further be taken to villages. He said, “The ecological cycle of Gir and nearby areas depend upon lion. Shifting of lions will break this cycle. Spotted deer, chinkara and other small animal population will increase. Centre should rethink on its decision and the state forest department should find ways to save the lion.” Pandya also demanded that instead of shifting the lions, the Centre should monitor the efforts of state forest department for lion conservation. Meanwhile a nature club in Dhari-Forest Club-took out a rally and handed over a memorandum to the mamlatdar demanding lions should not be shifted out of Gujarat. Forest Club president M K Bharad demanded that the Centre should give adequate grants to the state for purchasing more equipment rather then shifting them. Hasmukh Dave, also a member of Forest Club, said, “From bandh to stopping vehicles carrying the lions out of Gir, Forest Club is geared up to go to any extent to protect the lions from being shifted out of Gujarat.” The club has been assured of the required support by traders from several villages and nearly cities, he added. Even the Maldhari community in their last meeting with Chief Minister Narendra Modi had made it clear that they would not allow a single lion to be shifted out of Gujarat. Malde Bamrotiya, leader of the Gir Maldhari seva Samaj, said,”At no cost will we allow shifting of lions. We have told the CM that the community will go to any extent to protect the lions and Modi has also assured that his government will not give away even a cub.” “The community is set to launch an agitation once the Centre announces the date of shifting lions,” he added. Posted by: Kishore Kotecha Wildlife Conservation Trust of India Rajkot Gujarat India, Email: info URL: www.asiaticlion.org Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 8, 2007 Report Share Posted May 8, 2007 <Hasmukh Dave, also a member of Forest Club, said, " From bandh to <stopping <vehicles carrying the lions out of Gir, Forest Club is geared up to <go to <any extent to protect the lions from being shifted out of Gujarat. " Many violent protests in the state of Gujarat in recent times have gone horribly wrong. Some have even resulted in riots resulting in the loss of innocent lives as well. Please re-think the idea of " stopping vehicles carrying the Lions " because in the process you may end up giving unnecessary trauma to the Lions who will be already tired both mentally and physically in the vehicles enroute. Following the pritests over elephant zoo exchange between Thailand and Australia sometime back, I did read that some organisations in Thailand tried to prevent 'elephants' enroute to Australia from being loaded on the Aircraft ( correct me if I am wrong ), which resulted in extreme trauma in the end for the elephants who had to uncessary undergo the torture. I am sure this is a very serious issue and needs to be addressed asap. But please ensure that if worse comes to worse, the animals do not suffer. Azam Siddiqui aapn , " Kotecha Kishore " <kotecha_kishore wrote: > > 7-5-2007 > Lion shifting may lead to public movement > > Times of India By Himanshu Kaushik > > Print Edition > > > > Rajkot/Ahmedabad: The shifting of lions from Gujarat to Kuno- Palpur in > Madhya Pradesh will led to a mass movement in Gujarat. > > Several voluntary organizations are preparing to challenge the said decision > in the Gujarat High Court and also launch a mass movement against the > Centre's decision to shift lions from Gujarat. > > Mahesh Pandya of Paryavaran Mitra, a non-government organization, has > already taken a legal opinion against the decision to shift lions from > Gujarat to Madhya Pradesh. > > He said, " As soon as the Centre announces a date to shift the > lions,Paryavaran Mitra and several like minded organizations will join hands > and challenge the decision in the court. " He added " We admit that the state > has failed to provide adequate protection to the lions in the state, but > instead of shifting the lions out of Gujarat, there are several alternatives > available with the Centre to shift them within the state. " > > Pandya said that soon a people's movement will be launched in major cities > of the state which will further be taken to villages. He said, " The > ecological cycle of Gir and nearby areas depend upon lion. Shifting of lions > will break this cycle. Spotted deer, chinkara and other small animal > population will increase. Centre should rethink on its decision and the > state forest department should find ways to save the lion. " Pandya also > demanded that instead of shifting the lions, the Centre should monitor the > efforts of state forest department for lion conservation. > > Meanwhile a nature club in Dhari-Forest Club-took out a rally and handed > over a memorandum to the mamlatdar demanding lions should not be shifted out > of Gujarat. Forest Club president M K Bharad demanded that the Centre should > give adequate grants to the state for purchasing more equipment rather then > shifting them. > > Hasmukh Dave, also a member of Forest Club, said, " From bandh to stopping > vehicles carrying the lions out of Gir, Forest Club is geared up to go to > any extent to protect the lions from being shifted out of Gujarat. " The club > has been assured of the required support by traders from several villages > and nearly cities, he added. > > Even the Maldhari community in their last meeting with Chief Minister > Narendra Modi had made it clear that they would not allow a single lion to > be shifted out of Gujarat. > > Malde Bamrotiya, leader of the Gir Maldhari seva Samaj, said, " At no cost > will we allow shifting of lions. We have told the CM that the community will > go to any extent to protect the lions and Modi has also assured that his > government will not give away even a cub. " > > " The community is set to launch an agitation once the Centre announces the > date of shifting lions, " he added. > > > > Posted by: > > Kishore Kotecha > > Wildlife Conservation Trust of India > Rajkot Gujarat India, > Email: <info info > URL: www.asiaticlion.org > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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