The home of asiatic lions in gir forest and Incredibly braveheart real hero is lion trackers

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the only home of asiatic lions in gir forest and Incredibly real hero is tracker Ibrahim, muhammad and murad If you've never seen lions in the wild, it's quite something to be less than six feet away from one. If you have seen lions in the wild, then to see them crouch, stalk and get into the hunt is like watching poetry in motion. The big cat trail made it's second stop at Gir. That left Sahana and me to make the long journey to Junagadh, so we could connect to the last home of the Asiatic Lions (Panthera Leo Persica). The next morning we were on safari. Gir has a clearly demarcated tourism zone that has 8 separate routes. This is a small section of the 1412 sq km forest, and that affords the animals a really large inviolate area. Unabashedly so, we had our eyes set on lion sightings. I asked our guide Bali about lion sightings and he said, "I'll show you so many lions that by the end of your nine drives, you'll be tired of them!" I can't say I'm tired of lions, but having seen 28 of them, I can safely say my eyes have had their fill for this time. There are a few things you should know about Gir. First, lion spottings are aplenty on route 6 and route 2. This is because these are tracker assisted routes. From what I hear, Sandeep Kumar - the deputy conservator of forests at Gir is a pro-tourism administrator. Not only has he been instrumental in doubling the daily permit quotas to enter the forest, he's also made a significant change to assure visitors of lion sightings. Lions are social animals. Having brushed shoulders with the local Maldhari and Negro tribesmen, they've also become used to human presence. The local people are heavily involved in the conservation of this magnificent animal, which explains the evident disappearance of poaching and the continually rising population of big cats (411 in the last census). This being said, it's never easy to spot them, because lions like most cats, can relax in the shade for unto 16 hours a day. They go on the hunt or to patrol their territories mostly in the darkness of night. This means that your chances of spotting a lion by following pug marks or by driving down a route are quite slim. This is where the trackers come into play. Gir's trackers are men from the local tribes who've grown up in the forest. They don't just know the forest like the back of their hands, they know the habits and haunts of the lions. With Gir being the last home for Asiatic lions, conservation efforts need to be more than just the usual stuff. The trackers do a 14 hour job in the forest, traveling on foot, motorbikes or bicycles to personally monitor the health of various lions in the forest. If a lion looks ill or needs medical attention, they'll inform a crew so they can get to the spot and help the beast. It's no wonder that Gir's male lions enjoy a long life despite their violent lives. Coming back to route 6 and route 2, Sandeep Kumar has instructed the trackers to assist safari jeeps with sightings whenever possible, ************************************************************* This is Gir India Films. A new india's professionally wildlife stock footage company. Specially gir forest wildlife basis huge stock footage archive, It is part of this collection. Our team active last 25 years footage shooting works in the surrounding gir forest area, we have huge footage collection of asiatic lion, leopard and wild animals, wildlife, Jungle people, village, festivals, politics, pilgrimage, traditional fair, earthquake, floods, heavy rain, fisherman, and biodiversity and gujarat siddi community (African origin) unique, amazing and rare videos footage. we have more than 1000 DVC, SD format and HD the largest collection of VHS, DVC, HD imagery from Gujarat state in India. The collection comprises of 10, 000+ hours of high quality broadcast imagery, mostly shot on HDCAM / SR 1080i High Definition, SR, XDCAM and 4K. Immense wealth in huge archive. Write to us for licensing this footage on a broadcast format, for use in your production! Asiatic Lion ! Live only one inhabited place on earth, So is the vast wilderness of GIR FOREST in gujarat and amazing footage or wildlife rescue operation by world's most busy and hard working forest rescue team. So now, take the asiatic lions rare videos We are happy to be commissioned to film for you or else provide you with broadcast crewing and production solutions across Gujarat and India. We pride ourselves in bringing the best of Gujarat and India to the world... Please subscribe to our channel girindiafilms on Youtube for a steady stream of videos from across India. Also, Gujrat's gir forest and Wildlife, biological diversity, flora & fauna Gujarat civilization and more.. first video-based social networking experience! Reach us at: girindiafilms@gmail.com, To SUBSCRIBE click the below link: https://www.youtube.com/c/girindia