Child mauled to death by lioness in Gujarat’s Amreli

Vaghela also said efforts are underway to capture the lioness.

Gujarat is the only home of Asiatic lions, and according to the latest forest department census, the population has grown significantly from 284 in 1990 to 674 in 2020.

Nearly half of the big cats are scattered outside protected areas across nine districts and 13 forest administrative divisions, with their range increasing from 22,000 square kilometers in 2015 to 30,000 square kilometers in 2020, the forest department said.