Cute Lily the Barbary Lion Cub
September 18th 2007 by Mark Singleton in Wild AnimalsThis cute litle Barbary lion cub is called ‘Lily’. Lily is Belfast Zoo’s newsest arrival and she was born on June 3rd 2007 weighing a tiny 1.4kg. In comparsion, her father ‘Qays’ is a whopping 300kg in weight.
Lily was unfortunately rejected by her mother soon after she was born, and has had to be hand-reared ever since by zoo keeper ‘Linda Frew’.
Lily’s birth is very important, as Barbary lions are now extinct in the wild and therefore zoos are the only hope for their future survival.
You can view more photos of lily below.
September 24th, 2007 at 7:57 pm
I am Samuel Waite my mother is linda frew i played a part in the handrearing and i have not been mentioned in anything , national news no mentions what so ever i give up my summer that not easy to do considering what age I am
October 21st, 2007 at 12:24 am
My mom used to work at a zoo. and they are soooo CUTE!!!!!!
November 11th, 2007 at 8:46 am
i am the bigest lion fan in the world
and they are so CUTE
November 25th, 2007 at 6:45 pm
Samuel, sounds like you want credit for what you do.
You should be proud and thankfull for this experience and stuff media attention where the sun doesn’t shine. Who cares about that. All that matters is that you dó help with the survival and the care for this young one.
November 26th, 2007 at 1:43 pm
hey Samuel I hope you get some recognition, a pic including you and lily would have been nice
December 10th, 2007 at 4:41 am
the lion was very cute!
March 6th, 2008 at 1:01 am
How did someone get a pet like this??? It is really cute.
March 28th, 2008 at 10:57 pm
I had the great joy meeting lily today and she waz beautiful! I just have a question who mwns the akita.
May 1st, 2008 at 7:26 am
how cute i love her
July 29th, 2008 at 5:06 pm
this is so cut and I admire you for taking care of her. Some day I wish I could be just like you because I want to work with animals some day. You are a really good role modle
November 26th, 2008 at 5:15 pm
so cute glad you help her out
December 2nd, 2008 at 11:05 pm
LILY IS BEAUTIFUL :O) WOW. It would be my dream to help and adopt a wild animal …wow
December 15th, 2008 at 5:46 am
what an adorable little cub. I just love these pictures. She is so
cute that you would not believe she is real. Thanks to people that
care, these barbary lions still might have a future.
January 10th, 2009 at 9:23 am
awww nice little cub =] i love the pictures
and thanks for the people that really cere. and barbary lions will have a good future to come 
January 29th, 2009 at 12:53 pm
aaaw!! I am so happy to see a little barbary lion cub. I hope when Lily gets older she will also get some cubs, and yeah I agree with ozzy, barbary lions will have a good future to come
February 8th, 2009 at 9:41 am
Samuel took some thing really cool and cute and made it kinda not :/ Not cool sam
March 23rd, 2009 at 11:09 pm
awww i love wild cats
April 5th, 2009 at 1:26 am
Wow… you give a bad name to the rest of us Sams…
Way to take a cute story and baby animal and be upset you couldn’t ring the situation, just so ur narcissistic self could get your 15 seconds of fame. Pride yourself in the experience. Don’t be greedy or selfish. Jesus.
Cute baby animal by the way
April 17th, 2009 at 11:12 am
OMG!! soooo adorable!! were did u get it i want one!!!!!!
April 24th, 2009 at 4:08 am
Why did her mother reject her? I don’t understand why they do it. I certaintly wouldn’t reject her! What a cutie pie!
July 23rd, 2009 at 7:57 pm
OMG! that cub is adorable, i am so jelous that u have had that experiance. your soo lucky
what a cutey XD
August 1st, 2009 at 4:07 pm
The 1st pic iz kind-a weird bt all the same..- very cute!!!
x
August 4th, 2009 at 1:53 pm
she is very cute,and a big well done to all involved in rearing her.as for Sam, well done you, and post us a pic maybe?…
and everyone else, as we don’t know sam’s age perhaps a bit of discretion with your comments!
August 6th, 2009 at 5:19 pm
oh!!
soo cute..umma,..kisses/
August 24th, 2009 at 10:13 pm
Lily is precious! it is sad that her mamma rejected her, and even sadder that they are now extinct…i really hope that she lives a very happy, healthy life!
September 5th, 2009 at 6:07 am
Awwwwwwww i want a lion cub! lol Im only like 19 and how on earth do you get a lion cub??
September 5th, 2009 at 6:10 am
Ok!! I will ask my Dad for a lion cub. I live in usa and my dad is rich he bought me my big house thats 2 storyed its so big!_-_
September 19th, 2010 at 11:53 am
bluddy beautiful