Dozen lions die in Amreli floods

RAJKOT: A dozen lions have died due to flash floods in Amreli district in June last week. The latest carcass of the wild cat was found in Loki village of Liliya taluka in Amreli on Thursday.
Forest department officials said that the carcass was found in muck near Loki village.
"It was a four-year-old male lion that was swept away during floods," said a forest official, adding that the carcass was disposed off.
Most of the lions that were swept away in floods were found from banks of Shetrunji River in Amreli and Bhavnagar districts.
Teams of the forest department have been scanning banks of Shetrunji River in Bhavnagar and Amreli in search of lions dead or alive.
Besides lions, over 1,200 wild animals including blue bulls, cheetals and black buck died in the flood waters.