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| Name | Full Documentary | Gir: Last shelter of the Asian lion |
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| Video Discription | ▶FULL DOCUMENTARIES | http://planetdoc.tv/playlist-full-documentaries ▶ Spanish video: http://planetdoc.tv/documental-completo-ultimo-refugio-del-leon-asiatico In the province of Gujarat, in the Northeast of India, there is a semi-arid region with vegetation and landscape which resemble the savannahs of East Africa. Inland, there is a 1,883 square kilometres national park which shelters and protects animals which are increasingly threatened by the incessant growth of the human population. This is a reserve for many Indian species, but it owes its status to one species in particular, the most powerful one in the region: the Asian lion. Gir’s ecosystem has attained significant stability since the park was created. More than 300 Asian lions enclosed in their small, little-known, Indian sanctuary conserve the genetic make-up inherited from the legendary Assyrian Lions. Man has driven them to the verge of extinction, but paradoxically it is thanks to their relation with the indigenous people of this area that the Asian lions have survived in the forest of Gir. The maldharis live in small settlements surrounded by thorny fences known as “nesses”. When the park was created, a large number of the 845 maldhari families were rehoused outside the protected area and today there are 361 families housed in 54 nesses still remaining inside the park. Many generations of life with the big cats have taught both man and animals to tolerate each other so that the maldharis can wander at their leisure through the thick forest without risking their lives and without carrying guns with which to kill the lions. Asian lions started evolving differently from their African counterparts at some stage between 55,000 and 200,000 years ago. Now, the two subspecies have different genetic, osteological and morphological features the latter being obvious from the outside. The Asian lions have a characteristic crease on their stomachs, virtually non-existent in African lions. Although the lock of hair at the end of the tail is bigger in the Asian lion, the mane is much shorter than in the African lion: they are slightly smaller and as the population fell to a minimum of 20, their genetic variability has been lost. However, the characteristic which most distinguishes the two species of lion is their behaviour towards man. Today the forest of Gir protects the last bastion of a legendary animal. The number of lions in the park has reached the maximum limit that the eco-system can stand, and the lions need new settlements. But in an over-populated India, the job of finding new lands is getting more and more difficult. And today, Gir keeps hope alive for the forgotten Asian lion. |
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