Au royaume des lions d'Asie

Few people know that outside the African continent, there is only one country in the world where lions live wild : that is India. There were only about twenty felines left at the beginning of the century in the whole of Asia. An enlightened Maharajah decided to do all he could to save the species and made the Gir forest, in Gujarat, a protected zone. But the balance of Gir is entering a critical phase : there are too many lions and conflict is intensifying between the men who live there and the animals. More and more often the lions go beyond the limits of their territory and approach villages and their livestock. There have even been reports of lions roaming on the beach by the Sea of Oman ! A lioness and her young wander on the sand looking for new territories that are totally unsuitable for their survival ! The government, aware of the situation, has given birth to a project to reintroduce the Asian lion in a second reserve : there is new hope for the future of the lion !