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# Gujarat's Soaring Lion Population Fuels Deadly Human-Wildlife Conflict
- URL: https://gujarat.news/gujarats-soaring-lion-population-fuels-deadly-human-wildlife-conflict/
- Published: 2025-09-03T21:35:08.000Z
- Updated: 2025-09-03T21:35:07.000Z
- Author: Newsdesk
- Tags: Asiatic Lions, Wildlife Conservation, Human-Wildlife Conflict, gujarat, Kuno Wildlife Sanctuary

Gujarat's successful Asiatic lion conservation has led to a significant population increase to 891, but this growth is causing a deadly human-wildlife conflict with lions increasingly entering human habitats. The article details a rise in fatal lion attacks on humans and cattle, including the recent death of a five-year-old boy. A decade-old Supreme Court order for lion translocation to Kuno Wildlife Sanctuary remains unimplemented, complicated by the reintroduction of cheetahs and local resistance to losing the state's exclusive lion population.

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**Source:** [Cable News Network](https://edition.cnn.com/2025/08/31/world/india-lion-human-conflict-intl-dst-hnk?ref=gujarat.news)