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Last of the Lions

Meet Straight Tail, king of Gir National Park in India. Gir is now the only remaining home of the Asiatic Lions, who are themselves the last lions left in the world outside of Africa.

Life as a male lion is not easy and keeping control over a vast kingdom is even harder still. Straight Tail's brother, Bhaanu, has mysteriously disappeared, meaning he's left on his own now to guard kilometers of beautiful, prey-abundant land. Rival lions are closing in and they've got their eyes set on what Straight Tail has.But unknown to them all, a greater threat lurks.

A deadly virus, Canine Distemper Virus (CDV) has made its way into the lion population, with scores of lions already having perished. In Africa, the spread of CDV killed thousands of lions.

Much like humanity now, they must battle this unseen threat.

Can they survive? Or will the last of the Asian lions be confined to the history books?

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