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Wildlife  Rescue
          Centres and Lion
          Hospitals across
          the  landscape,
          complemented
          by         four
          specialised  Lion
          A m b u l a n c e s .
          Future-proofing
          this effort, a state-
          of-the-art      Gir
          Wildlife Health and
          Treatment Centre and
          a   National  Referral
          Centre for Wildlife are
          under    development.
          Recognising        the
          foundation   of    the
          food chain, grassland
          restoration   through    site-    Monitoring  System  for  scientific
          specific cleaning and controlled   management.
          rotational burning has boosted       The landmark Project Lion,
          herbivore  prey   populations.    announced by the Prime Minister,
          Protection  has  been  fortified   provides  a   comprehensive
          via   strengthened    wireless    framework focusing on habitat
          communication,       extensive    security, community livelihood,
          fireline  creation  (1170  km)  and   global  disease  expertise
          strategic rapid response teams    and   inclusive  conservation.
          (RRT) placement and deploying     Administrative  reorganisation
          over 100 patrol vehicles and      created the Shetrunji Wildlife
          bikes. Embracing technology,      Division  for  better  eastern
          the  Gir  Hi-Tech   Monitoring    landscape       management.
          Unit (established 2019) utilises   Efforts to increase the wild prey
          advanced    tools  like  radio-   base include sambar breeding
          telemetry,  e-GujForest  data,    centres   and   translocations
          microchips and the Gir Speed      to establish a viable prey


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