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Wouldn't happen in Portsea Part 9
Excerpt... Gujarat: The unusual lion sightings on India's beaches
By Roxy Gagdekar Chhara
BBC Gujarati
...people like Uday Shah - who has a farmhouse by the sea in Veraval district, 80km (50 miles) away from the Gir forest - are now used to seeing lions regularly on the beach. "We were scared at first when we saw them, but now they don't bother us," he says.
Natha Parmar... says lions have killed at least 10 of his calves in the past few years.
He and other villagers were furious at first. But then they realised that there was an unexpected benefit.
"Earlier, we had to deal with herds of wild boar and blue bulls as they would damage all our crops. Now that has almost stopped," he says.
He and other farmers are now learning to live cautiously and respectfully with the lions. It helps that the lions haven't attacked any humans in the area until now. "When we run into lions, we either stop and make way for them or change our route without disturbing them," he says.
The final thought of 99.9% of ppl killed by “domesticated” wild animals, “he has never done this before”.
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