[FEL-L] French Zoo and White Lion Cubs

[Marcus Cook]

Interesting,.....


At 03:18 PM 5/25/2007, you wrote:

>Jurques, 
><http://www.nationalgeographic.com/places/countries/country_france.html>France, 
>May 23, 2007—A French zoo is ccelebrating the 
>arrival of four white 
><http://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/african-lion.html>lions 
>this week—and nott 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.
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>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 
><http://www.nationalgeographic.com/places/countries/country_southafrica.html>South 
>Africa, 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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