Three Rare White Lion Cubs Shown to Public at Beunos Aires Zoo

Posted on January 5, 2011

Three rare white lions cubs were shown to the public for the first time at the Buenos Aires Zoo. The cubs were born to two white lions that were imported from South Africa last year. The cubs were born on November 16th.

The enclosure for the cubs is very small. Hopefully, the white lions also have access to a much larger area. The zoo should have just let people observe the lion cubs playing. Instead, the cubs were picked up and shown to the audience, which frightened the cubs. The whole ordeal also appeared to anger the cubs' mother, who watched in a cage from a distance. Take a look:


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