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