World Lion Day - August 10
August 12 , 2020
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- It is aims to awareness and educates people about lions and issues concerning the conservation of the species.
- The Gir Forests is the only natural habitat of Asiatic lions.
- It was declared as a sanctuary in 1965 and a national park in 1975.
- The Asiatic lion found in India is listed as endangered in the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) red list.
- The “Asiatic Lion Conservation Project” has been launched by the Union Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change in 2018.
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