Bless this little cub. A lion cub has led forest rangers to its mothers corpse in an Indian sanctuary, an act described by officials as very unusual behaviour. A forest guard, who saw the cub hiding in the bushes, followed it and went on to discover the body on a nearby hill. The cub then guarded his mother until the ranger returned with forest and police officials to remove the carcass. A post-mortem suggests the lioness died in a fight with other animals, possibly a herd of water buffalo. Deputy Conservator of Forests in Gir, Anshuman Sharma, said the cubs behaviour was rare and very peculiar - something he had not encountered in his many years of watching lions.
Posted on: Tue, 12 Aug 2014 20:41:32 +0000