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KING OF JUNGLE: Gir is the last bastion of the Asiatic lion whose numbers stand at about 300.

KING OF JUNGLE: Gir is the last bastion of the Asiatic lion whose numbers stand at about 300.

20 poachers get 3-year jail term for killing lions

In the biggest-ever conviction for wildlife crime in India, 20 people including nine women have been sentenced to three years imprisonment for poaching lions in the Gir national Park in Gujarat. They have also been fined Rs 10,000 each. The judgement was pronounced by a sessions court in Junagadh on Thursday.

SPEAKING FOR ITSELF: The tiger skin siezed by SSB jawans reveal the real story of the poaching mafia.

Tigers missing from Bihar forest reserves

Vigorous poaching on the India-Nepal border has caused a decrease in the number of tigers.

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