The Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) may soon get a pair of breeding Asiatic lions from Gujarat’s Sakkarbaug Zoological Park. After a four-year wait, the Gujarat government has given its consent to send a pair of breeding lions to SGNP, in exchange for two Royal Bengal tigers.

A proposal on the same will be sent in a week and placed before the monthly technical committee meeting of the Central Zoo Authority. Earlier, the Sakkarbaug Zoological Park had rejected the request for lions as SGNP had offered two Rusty Spotted cats in exchange, which Sakkarbaug termed an ‘unfair exchange’.