Pemerintah negara bagian Gujarat, India barat, tempat suaka margasatwa Gir berada, mendirikan Sel Perlindungan Singa Asia setelah 10 singa ditemukan mati selama enam pekan terakhir, enam di antara mereka dibunuh oleh pemburu liar, kata mereka.
The government of the western state of Gujarat, where the Gir wildlife sanctuary is located, set up an Asiatic Lion Protection Cell after 10 lions were found dead during the last six weeks, six of them killed by poachers, they said.