Archive · 24 Sep 2026
Indira Gandhi Zoological Park welcomes four Asiatic lion cubs
Four Asiatic lion cubs were born at a zoo in Visakhapatnam.
They were born about one month ago.
Their mother is caring for and protecting them while they are very young.
The zoo has a conservation breeding programme for threatened animals.
Asiatic lions are an endangered species.
In the wild, they now live only in and around Gujarat’s Gir landscape.
The cubs are important because they may help protect this species.
The zoo said their birth was a major success for its conservation work.
Four Asiatic lion cubs were born at Visakhapatnam’s Indira Gandhi Zoological Park about a month ago.
The births followed significant success in the zoo’s conservation breeding programme.
The cubs remain under their mother’s close care and protection during their early critical period.
Asiatic lions are listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List and protected under Schedule I of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
The birth marks a milestone in the zoo’s efforts involving conservation breeding, scientific management and animal welfare.
- Who
- Indira Gandhi Zoological Park and its four newly born Asiatic lion cubs; zoo curator G Mangamma provided the information.
- What
- The zoo announced the birth of four Asiatic lion cubs through its conservation breeding programme.
- When
- The cubs were born about a month before the report.
- Where
- Indira Gandhi Zoological Park in Visakhapatnam.
- Why
- The births support conservation breeding and the protection of the endangered Asiatic lion.
- Zoo
- Indira Gandhi Zoological Park (IGZP), Visakhapatnam
- New arrivals
- Four Asiatic lion cubs
- Birth timing
- About one month before the report
- Conservation status
- Endangered on the IUCN Red List
- Legal protection
- Schedule I of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972
- Wild population
- Found only in and around the Gir landscape of Gujarat
- Current care
- The cubs are under their mother’s close care and protection