Visit Lion Cubs in Zoos


LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 13: One of the two newborn lion cubs takes its first steps with its mother Abi in their new enclosure at London Zoo on August 13, 2009 in London, England. The two cubs are the first Asian lions to be born at the zoo for ten years.



LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 13: One of the two newborn lion cubs takes its first steps with its mother Abi in their new enclosure at London Zoo on August 13, 2009 in London, England. The two cubs are the first Asian lions to be born at the zoo for ten years.



In this photo taken Sunday, July 26, 2009, three lion cubs and a tiger cub, top, play with their surrogate mother, a dog, in a safari in Hefei, central China's Anhui province. The dog has been feeding the cubs since June after their biological mothers abandoned them. (AP Photo) ** CHINA OUT.



A two and a half month old lion cub is carried by a veterinarian at Lecoqc zoo in the outskirts of Montevideo, August 13, 2009. The cubs, born in May 20, are the first to be born in the zoo in more than a decade.



LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 13: One of the two newborn lion cubs takes its first steps with its mother Abi in their new enclosure at London Zoo on August 13, 2009 in London, England. The two cubs are the first Asian lions to be born at the zoo for ten years.



Abi an Asian Lion licks a ten-week old cub at London Zoo, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2009. Two cubs have been born to Abi, the first cubs born for ten years at the zoo, there are less than 300 Asian lions left in the wild.



LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 13: One of the two newborn lion cubs takes its first steps in their new enclosure at London Zoo on August 13, 2009 in London, England. The two cubs are the first Asian lions to be born at the zoo for ten years.



LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 13: One of the two newborn lion cubs takes its first steps with its mother Abi in their new enclosure at London Zoo on August 13, 2009 in London, England. The two cubs are the first Asian lions to be born at the zoo for ten years



LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 13: Two newborn lion cubs take their first steps in their new enclosure at London Zoo on August 13, 2009 in London, England. The two cubs are the first Asian lions to be born at the zoo for ten years.



LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 13: Two newborn lion cubs take their first steps with their mother Abi in their new enclosure at London Zoo on August 13, 2009 in London, England. The two cubs are the first Asian lions to be born at the zoo for ten years.



Veterinarians take care of an injured claw on a two and a half month old lion cub at Lecoqc zoo in the outskirts of Montevideo, August 13, 2009. The cubs, born on May 20, 2009, are the first to be born in the zoo in more than a decade.



A one-month-old lion cub, one of three cubs born in captivity, plays in a pen at the national zoo in Santo Domingo August 18,2009. The national zoo is waiting for new animals to display in their park after a trade with zoos in U.S. , Chile, Guatemala and Puerto Rico to reach a better genetic quality in the species of the animals, Patricia Toribio National Zoo park director said.



A one-month-old lion cub, one of three cubs born in captivity, plays in a pen at the national zoo in Santo Domingo August 18,2009. The national zoo is waiting for new animals to display in their park after a trade with zoos in U.S. , Chile, Guatemala and Puerto Rico to reach better genetic quality in the species of the animals, Patricia Toribio National Zoo park director said.



This Oct. 4, 2009 photo provided by the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium in Powell, Ohio, shows a lion cub. The zoo now knows it's a boy and two girls for an African lion who gave birth two weeks ago. Zookeepers say a veterinarian doing a checkup discovered the cubs' sex this week. The zoo says they're a healthy trio, weighing between 5.7 pounds and 6.7 pounds



A zoo worker holds 40-day old lion cub Boniface, during his first appearance for press at the Karaganda Zoo, Kazakhstan, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2009.



A 40-day old lion cub Boniface, is seen during his first appearance for press, at the Karaganda Zoo, Kazakhstan, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2009.



A worker feeds a one-month-old lion cub born in captivity at the national zoo in Santo Domingo August 18,2009. The national zoo is waiting for new animals to display in the park after a trade with zoos in U.S. , Chile, Guatemala and Puerto Rico to reach better genetic quality in the species of the animals, Patricia Toribio National Zoo park director said.



A one-month old lion cub born in captivity sleeps after being fed at national zoo in Santo Domingo August 18, 2009. The national zoo is waiting for new animals to display in the park after a trade with zoos in U.S. , Chile, Guatemala and Puerto Rico to reach better genetic quality in the species of the animals, Patricia Toribio National Zoo park director said.



A one-month old lion cub born in captivity plays in a pen at the national zoo in Santo Domingo August 18, 2009. The national zoo is waiting for new animals to display in the park after a trade with zoos in U.S. , Chile, Guatemala and Puerto Rico to reach better genetic quality in the species of the animals, Patricia Toribio National Zoo park director said.



A twelve-day-old white lion cub is fed from a baby's bottle in Belgrade Zoo, Serbia, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009. The two white lions cubs, an extremely rare subspecies of the African lion were born in Belgrade Zoo. White lions are unique to the Timbavati area of South Africa and are not albinos but a genetic rarity.



A twelve-day-old white lion cub is fed from a baby bottle in Belgrade Zoo, Serbia, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009. The two white lions cubs, an extremely rare subspecies of the African lion were recently born in Belgrade Zoo. White lions are unique to the Timbavati area of South Africa and are not albinos but a genetic rarity.



A lion cub looks out from its enclosure at Riyadh's Zoo October 18, 2009.



Zookeeper Nadja Radovic holds three lion cub, in the lion's enclosure, at Belgrade Zoo, Serbia, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2009. Three cubs were born Aug. 13, from mother African lion Kiara, and father, a white lion called Wambo, who is a top attraction at Belgrade Zoo.



Zookeeper Nadja Radovic holds a 6 day old lion cub, in the lion's enclosure, at Belgrade Zoo, Serbia, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2009. Three cubs were born Aug. 13, from mother African lion Kiara, and father, a white lion called Wambo, who is a top attraction at Belgrade Zoo.



Zookeeper Nadja Radovic kisses a 6 day old lion cub, in the lion's enclosure, at Belgrade Zoo, Serbia, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2009. Three cubs were born Aug. 13, from mother African lion Kiara, and father, a white lion called Wambo, who is a top attraction at Belgrade Zoo.

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