Lion duo that killed forest department driver and injured 2 others in Devaliya to be kept in Sakkarbaug zoo in Junagadh to spent rest of their lives in cages

Junagadh: The lion duo Gaurav and Gautam responsible for killing of a temporary forest department driver and injuring two others in Devaliya lion safari cum interpretation zone recently would be kept in the Sakkarbaug zoological Garden or Sakkarbagu Zoo here.

A forest official today said that this one of the oldest zoo in the country set up in 1863 during British era and currently spreading in over 400 acres of area currently houses around 50 leopards which had been caged and kept there after their attacks on human beings.

He said that the lion duo that killed driver Rajnish Keshwala and injured another driver and forester on November, had incidentally born in this zoo only.

They have already been caged and would soon be brought to this zoo for spending rest of their lives in cages in the zoo.

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