Environment and Ecology
2017
National Parks
Wildlife Sanctuaries
Biodiversity
Recently there was a proposal to translocate some of the lions from their natural habitat in Gujarat to which one of the following sites?
C.Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary
A.Corbett National Park
D.Sariska National Park
B.KunoPalpur Wildlife Sanctuary
Correct Answer: Option B
The proposal involved translocating Asiatic lions from their natural habitat in Gujarat to the Kuno-Palpur Wildlife Sanctuary.
The Supreme Court in 2013 ruled in favor of this translocation to improve the genetic stability of the species.
The translocation faced controversies due to the Gujarat government's reluctance.
Therefore, the correct answer is Kuno-Palpur Wildlife Sanctuary.
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