A lion enters a hotel in Junagadh, Gujarat.
Shocking CCTV footage shows the moment a lion checked into a hotel in Gujarat. Surveillance camera footage from a hotel in Junagadh shows the lion leaping over a low boundary wall to enter the hotel’s premises in the early hours of Monday morning.
The footage was shared on Twitter by Twitter user Udayan Kachchhi, who wrote that lions had become a regular feature in the city of Junagadh. Nestled at the foot of the Girnar Hills, Junagadh is close to the Gir Lion Sanctuary, the last abode of the Asiatic lion in the world.
Kachchhi said the video was filmed at the Hotel Sarovar Portico in Junagadh, which is in a busy part of the city, right in front of the train station.
CCTV footage of the lion at the hotel was posted on Twitter by Indian Forest Service officer Susanta Nanda, who commented on the increasing cases of human-animal conflict in the state.
“It didn’t even bother the security to open the door … Time to move some of them to a new home to avoid a negative interface,” Nanda wrote while sharing the clip. In the video, the big cat jumps over the wall just before a motorcyclist crosses the street. Check it out below:
Security didn’t even mind opening the door …
Time to move some of them to a new home to avoid a negative interface. pic.twitter.com/ElWodIvyfs– Susanta Nanda IFS (@ susantananda3) February 10, 2021
The video has been viewed almost 7,000 times on the microblogging platform, where it has also received a series of surprise reactions.
Read that 50% of the lion population lives outside of protected areas in Gujarat. This endangers the lives of both humans and lions. They should be relocated to other places.
– Ram_treehugger (@RM_Says) February 10, 2021
Cats are territorial. They go back to their old houses when you move house. Make it a crime to build real estate around a margin of protected areas.
– Sonal Ramnathkar (@Cool_Druid) February 10, 2021
In other videos, the lion can be seen entering the property and exploring the parking area. Fortunately, the hotel seemed empty in the early hours of the morning.
– Udayan Kachchhi (@Udayan_UK) February 10, 2021
In 2019, a pride of seven lions was found roaming the streets of Junagadh.
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