[FEL-L] French Zoo and White Lion Cubs

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Jurques, _France_ 
(http://www.nationalgeographic.com/places/countries/country_france.html) , May 23, 2007—A French zoo is celebrating the arrival of four 
white _lions_ 
(http://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/african-lion.html)  this week—and not because the late '80s glam rock band made an 
unscheduled stop on their 2007 tour.  
Three female cubs and one male were born on May 20 to the zoo's adult lion 
Nyala, adding to the roughly 30 white lions that live in captivity worldwide.  
The cubs had to be taken from their mother at birth because she showed a lack 
of parenting skills, zoo officials said.  
The four cubs, each weighing in at 3.3 pounds (1.5 kilograms), "are in full 
health, and we are thrilled," Bernadette Oury, director of the Jurques 
Zoological Park, told the AFP news service.  
White lions, which originated in _South Africa_ 
(http://www.nationalgeographic.com/places/countries/country_southafrica.html) , are not a separate species. 
The unusual animals are the result of a recessive gene that grants them snowy 
white coats instead of the normal golden fur. 
Photo on Web Site >
 
_http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/05/070524-lions-picture.html_ 
(http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/05/070524-lions-picture.html) 



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