A lion and a lioness fell into an open well in the Gir forest division in Gujarat`s Amreli district and drowned, a forest official said on Saturday.

The big cats, aged five to nine years, were roaming in the area when they fell into the well belonging to a farmer in Kotda village in Khambha taluka on Friday morning, said Rajdeepsinh Zala, deputy conservator of forests (DCF), Gir (East).