I read what I posted on another forum discussing the Gir Forest lion situation. Here is the imprtant part.

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It is relatively old news ... reason why I continue critisicing Indian wildlife management authorities and their federalist system. The Kuno Project has been promoted for years. The Gir lion population has been veering on the over capacity for years. The federal government of Gujrat has been reluctant to do anything for years and has been politically posturing itself on being the sole state with Asian lions to the full detriment of the survival of the species. It is that bad since the Gujrat state and wildlife authorities have even failed to stop the continued poaching, poisoning, electrocution and falling into cattle wells of surplus lions. The real truth is that the lion population has been more or less stable for years and if no new sites are actively looked for to translocate some of the surplus lions the surplus will continue dying on the periphery of the present sanctuary or those substandard sanctuary areas the Gujrat government seems wont on bestowing on emigrating lions. There is a good Indian wildlife conservation site documenting all this. It is a complete scandal!

Anyhow, if we do not continue putting pressure on the ineffectual Gujrat government, it will never release any Asian lions to other Indian states where the species formerly occurred. That is a total disgrace and it is down to the egos of some hotshot Gujrati politicians. The Kuno project - which has completely restocked the wildlife herbivore population in Madhya Pradesh state - has now chosen to translocate some captive-bred lions from Delhi-Hyderabad and a third Indian zoo. The offspring of these lions will be releasees.

A last note: some 2-5 surplus wildcaught Asian lions end up in Sakkarbaug Zoo almost every year. The EEP is crying out for new founders and the Sakkarbaug Zoo has about 15+ wild caught and non-breeding individuals to choose from. Another indication how the federal government of Gujrat is failing once again for purely personal agendas and political posturing. These people just do not care for what is in the best interest of Asian lion protection.