Unlike the tiger, the Asiatic Lions are not, and never have been a solitary animal. They prefer living in groups. The lions on the other hand, continue to live in groups with mostly females and a few males. Also, Asiatic Lions are the only felines that can actually roar. Asian Lion Lions are the only social big cats, living in prides comprised mostly of females and young, and led by a dominant adult male.
Lionesses bear three to five young, which become fairly independent after two years.
When Xerxes advanced through Macedonia in 480 B.C., several of his baggage camels were killed by lions. In March 1995, Virginia McKenna rescued two lions from a tiny cage in Tenerife and sent them to a sanctuary in Kent. Caring for these lions and drawing attention to the plight of the lions in Africa and India became a new campaign for the Foundation and the Big Cat Project was born. A selection of photographs of Asiatic lions. The images contained in the gallery will be changed or added to periodically.