In Gujarat, the forest officers need permission from the CM office for exchange of Asiatic Lions and it is a complicated process. Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): The ambitious project of Van Vihar to get four Asiatic Lions from Gujarat in exchange for a pair of tigers seems to have hit a rough patch. “For Gujarat government, the Asiatic Lions are a matter of huge pride and to get them here is an uphill task. The reason is that Gujarat doesn’t agree so easily to share its Asiatic Lions with any other states. The four Asiatic Lions are to be selected from Sakkarbaug Zoological Garden (Junagarh-Gujarat).