An Asian Lion plays with a football painted with a St George's cross

Lucifer, a male Asiatic lion, holds a football painted in the England coloursin his mouth at London's Zoo in Regents Park London, Thursday, May, 27, 2010. The zoo gave the media a opportunity to film the lions playing with a ball filled with meat and painted in the colours of England, who are due to compete in the the World Cup in South Africa.


An Asian Lion plays with a football painted with a St George's cross, during a photocall at ZSL London Zoo, in central London on May 27, 2010. The England footballs, which are filled with meat treats, are aimed at stimulating thier natural curiosity, form part of the re-developed 'Big Cat' enclosure at the zoo, and were thought up by the keepers as a way of supporting the England football team during the World Cup.



source : daylife