According to Kanoon General Directorate for Publish Relations and International Affairs, this book is from a five-volume collection called “Wildlife of Iran”. It introduces a number of wild animals.

 “Asiatic Lion” written by Ali Golshan first introduced characteristics of Asian lion and at the end through pictures he provides more explanations about the life environment of this creature.

Ali Golshan, Fariborz Heydari and Alireza Shahrdari have done the photography of the book.

On the summery written on the back of the book we read: All of us have come to know about lions, their power and bravery in childhood. Sometimes, adults have told us about the lions in the tales. Sometimes, we have seen images of these big beautiful cats in animations, films and books.

In this book, first we follow the footsteps of lions in Iranian culture. Then we get to know the members of the big cat group and the characteristics of their appearance, habitat and distribution of the Asian lion. In the following, we will read some points about the feeding, hunting and temperament of lions; at the end, we will get to know the behaviors of the reproductive period and activities for the return of lions to Iran.