Lioness spotted in Jamnagar district

Jamnagar: A video of a lioness venturing around Phoolnath Mahadev temple near Sadodar village in Jamjodhpur taluka is going viral on the internet. It is reported that the Asiatic wild cat has been spotted in the area after around 150 years.

As per the information received, while some youth were walking on Friday, they saw the lioness near the temple and captured the video, which has now gone viral on the internet. The forest department is calling this sighting an unprecedented move, as the Gir’s Asiatic lioness has moved into a new district this time.

It is learned that lionesses have killed four cows and two bulls. Forest department officials are keeping tabs on the movement of the lioness and will soon put a radio collar on it. The lioness seems to have entered Jamnagar from adjacent Junagadh. With this development, the forest department officials also state that now the Gir lions have covered all the districts of Saurashtra region except Morbi and Devbhoomi Dwarka. DeshGujarat