Indian Wildlife officials,
on Monday arrested 18 lions and have threatened to give the 'guilty' ones life sentences. According
to officials, some of the Lions are guilty of man-eating and the guilty
ones will be sentenced to spending the rest of their lives in a zoo
while the ones not found guilty will be released into the wild.
"We
think we have pinpointed the guilty lion, but we are still awaiting the
results of nine more animals,” said JA Khan, a forest official in the
country, the BBC reported.
'The lions aren’t talking. Authorities at the zoo are studying the animals’ footprints and fecal matter.'
The
officials are studying the animals. Ruchi Dave, a wildlife expert, told
the BBC that man-eating lions usually get aggressive at the sight of a
human being.
“The man-eaters, once
identified, would be sent to Sakkarbaug Zoo in Junagadh where such lions
are kept, while the others would be relocated to a safer zone,” Deputy
Conservator of Forest (DCF), Dhari-East range of Gir Wildlife Sanctuary,
T Karuppasamy told The Times of India reported.
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