
Adam Thorn Presents: The Last King of India
About 500 Asiatic lions remain on the planet, all of them confined to a single forest, Gir, in the Indian state of Gujarat. That makes them one of the most endangered large carnivores alive, and lately they have started doing something that should not be possible: turning up hundreds of kilometers outside their protected range. Wildlife expert and explorer Adam Thorn goes into Gir to find out why. He surveys the forest's biodiversity for clues to what might be pushing lions out, from prey availability to habitat pressure, and tracks reports of animals sighted far beyond the park boundary, trying to confirm whether they are really covering that kind of distance on their own. The film follows Thorn's fieldwork rather than a scripted argument, moving between the forest interior and the surrounding countryside where sightings have been reported. The core question stays practical throughout: what is driving a famously territorial, geographically cornered species to leave the one home it has left, and what happens to them once they do.