mp-gets-two-lions-from-gujarat-in-exchange-for-two-tigers

The Van Vihar National Park in Bhopal will get two Asiatic lions from Gujarat in exchange for two Bengal tigers, a Forest department official said on Saturday.

 

The MP forest department tweeted that two tigers have been shifted to the Junagadh zoo under the animal exchange programme.

 

भोपाल के @van_vihar में गूंजेगी गिर के शेरों की दहाड़

एनिमल एक्सचेंज प्रोग्राम के तहत दो प्योर ब्रीड एशियाटिक लॉयन जूनागढ़ के सकरबाग चिड़ियाघर से आ रहे वन विहार

दो बंगाल टाइगर सकरबाग चिड़ियाघर, जूनागढ़ भेजे गए@DrMohanYadav51@CMMadhyaPradesh@JansamparkMP@bjpdilipahirwar pic.twitter.com/AvKWsKZZ1Q

— Department of Forest, MP (@minforestmp) December 21, 2024

Two pure-breed Asiatic (Gir) lions will be brought from Sakkarbaug Zoological Park, Junagadh, to Van Vihar National Park in Bhopal, it stated.

 

Van Vihar National Park is located on the banks of the upper lake in the Madhya Pradesh capital.