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6
Jan
2011
11:11am, EST
Cute! Three adorable white lion cubs in Argentina
Eduardo Di Baia / AP
Three white lion cubs are presented to the public at the city zoo in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Wednesday Jan. 5.
Enrique Marcarian / Reuters
A white lioness named Sofia holds one of its one-month-old cubs in Buenos Aires on Wednesday.
Leo la Valle / EPA
Visitors take pictures of a white lion in Buenos Aires on Wednesday. Names for the cubs will be selected by zoo visitors.
By Jonathan Woods, msnbc.com
AP Reports: Zookeepers in Buenos Aires showed off triplets Wednesday — three white cubs born to a pair of white lions imported from South Africa. Read the full story HERE.
Argentina's Buenos Aires Zoo shows off three rare lion cubs ahead of Three Kings Day celebrations. TODAYshow.com's Dara Brown reports.
3 comments
this is the picture of the day, week, month AND year... and we've still got 359 days to go!! : )
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20
Dec
2010
10:18am, EST
A litter of lion cubs at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, D.C.
Jacquelyn Martin / AP
Lioness Shera herds three of her seven lion cubs, while they play, at the Smithsonian's National Zoological Park in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, Dec. 18, 2010, during the cubs' public debut.
By Phaedra Singelis, NBC News
Seven lion cubs were born at the zoo this year in two litters and were the first in more than 20 years. The mothers, Nababiep and Shera are sisters. You can see the lions on the zoo's lion cam.
What does it take to care for a pride of lions? Go behind the scenes with Great Cats Curator Craig Saffoe as he works with animal keepers and veterinarians to prepare the National Zoo's frisky lion cubs for their public debut. For more about the Zoo's growing pride and to watch them on live webcams: http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/GreatCats/default.cfm?cam=LC4
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If you knew what lions were facing in the wild - poaching, poisoning, shrinking habitat - you'd think twice about the relevancy of conserving the species in captivity. Extinction is forever and humans are responsible for the majority of endangered species on the planet.
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