Around eight Asiatic lions have examined tremendous for COVID-19 at Hyderabad Nehru Zoological Park. This incident marks the first time that transmission of virus to animal has been detected in India.

Asiatic Lions are one of the 5 Pantherine cats that are native to India. The different 4 are Indian Snow Leopard, Bengal Tiger, Clouded Leopard and Indian Leopard.

The vary of a male Asiatic lion varies between a hundred and 44 kilometres and 230 kilometres. Gir is the solely known habitat for the Asiatic lions in the world.

The foremost danger of Asiatic lions is their vulnerability to natural catastrophe and unpredictable occasions such as plague. However, the Population of these lions have been continuously growing from 2010.

In June 2020, the Gujarat Forest Department announced that the populace of Asiatic lions in the Gir wooded area elevated to 674 from 523 in 2015.