Animal Lovers Corner:
Australian Zoo rears Five Male White Lion
Cubs 
Thursday, November 8th,
2007
Mogo Zoo on
the NSW southern coast of Australia, is the first zoo in the world to
have a lion give birth to five male white lion
cubs.
The cubs holed
up with parent lions Tim and Snow since their birth on Febuary 7th -
until this week. Mogo Zoo owner Shelley Padey announced the litter
of cubs on November 7th, after wanting to keep the little "gangsters"
(as the zoo calls them) a secret until they were a little
older.
"We didn't
release it because we wanted to make sure everything went well with the
pride," Padey said. "They're little gangsters...they work as a
little troop. They're real little characters - it's beyond words
how lucky I
am."
The Mogo Zoo specializes in endangered
species. White lions have a lifespan of just up to 15 years in the
wild, but live up to 24 years in
captivity.
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