After sending a proposal to get a captive tiger from Nagpur's Gorewada Zoo, the SGNP authorities have sent a proposal to Chief Wildlife Warden of Maharashtra Nitin Kakodkar requesting two pair of lions for captive Lion safari and two tigers at SGNP. At present there are three lions in SGNP — a female Jespa (10) and two males Ravindra (17) and Gopa (10) and the authorities want the pair of breeding lions to increase the population of the captive lions.

Sources from Forest Department told mid-day that Chief Conservator Of Forest and SGNP Field Director Mallikarjun has written a letter to Kakodkar requesting him to provide two pairs of breeding lions for the lion safari. "We have captive Tiger and Lion safari at SGNP for which we need the animals. Last week I wrote a letter to the Chief Wildlife Warden of Maharashtra requesting him to provide us with two tigers and two pairs of lion," SGNP Field Director and CCF Mallikarjun said.