India, Sept. 11 -- As many as 307 Asiatic lions died in Gujarat between August 1, 2023, and July 31, 2025, the state government informed the assembly on Wednesday. Of these, 51 deaths (16.6%) were natural, while 256 deaths (83.4%) were attributed to unnatural causes, forest and environment minister Mulubhai Bera said in reply to a question from Congress MLA Shailesh Parmar.

According to the data, 141 lions died in 2023-24, and that figure rose to 166 in 2024-25. Illness accounted for 60 deaths (42.5%) in the first year of the compilation period, and 91 (54.8%) in the second, making it 151 due to illnesses (49.2% of all deaths). Infighting led to the death of 38 lions (27%) in 2023-24, and 36 (21.6%) in 2024-25, adding up to 74 deaths (24...