world lion day

“But what has undoubtedly weighed with the Nawabs of Junagadh in the past and carries weight also with me is that the forest is the last sanctuary of Indian lions,” said the last Nawab of Junagadh.

The king of the jungle seems to have found a friend in the villagers living around Gir forest. The lion population has shown a healthy development and increased considerably. For this, the forest officers give credit to the villagers who treat the lions as their own.s who treat the lions as their own.