Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Cincinati Zoo

The fourth sibling to Widsom, Courage and Legend of Toledo Zoo is a female named Gracious, remains in Cincinnati with their mother, Prosperity, and father, Sunshine. Prosperity, the official mascot of the United States Senate, was born at the Secret Garden and Dolphin Habitat, while Sunshine comes from Germany. Both Prosperity and Sunshine were loaned to the Cincinnati Zoo in 1998.

Toledo Zoo



Siegfried & Roy have loaned three male Magical White Lions - Wisdom, Courage and Legend - to the Toledo Zoo. Wisdom, Courage and Legend are part of a litter of four born on April 1, 2001, at the Cincinnati Zoo.

Monday, January 5, 2009

White Lion visits Colorado Zoo

May 2005 - 2 year old white male Matunde and his tawny coloured brother Zakera were summer guests at Cheyenne Mountan Zoo in Colorado Springs, USA. Zakera is a hetrozygous lion, a normal coloured animal who carries the recessive gene for white colouration. A hetrozygous tawny lion can pass on the white gene to his offspring.

Philadelphia Zoo


Jezebel was born at the Johannesburg Zoo, South Africa on July 10, 1991. The zoo also has her two tawny litter mates, Merlin and Zenda. Vinkel was born on July 12, 1991, also at Johannesburg Zoo.

Vinkel had a cub, Tandi in 1994.
Photo: Joseph Howell

Gandor, Zion Wildlife Gardens, New Zealand


Gandor, arrived at Zion mid-2004 along with his good friend Shikira (a tawny Barbary lioness). He's now been joined by Laduma, Amafu and Imvula - three more white lions.

Seven white cubs born in Germany



30 June 2008 - seven white lion cubs were born to two white lionesses at the zoo in the German town of Schloss Holte-Stukenbrock.

One cub died at birth but mother Kibo was taking care of the remaining three.

Mawenski, the other mother, rejected her cubs and they are being hand reared.

There were four males and three females born.

Four white cubs for French zoo


20 May 2007 - four white lions were born in a zoo in Western France. The litter consisted of 1 male and three female cubs. They were born to Nyala who failed to take to the cubs so they are being hand reared. These cubs subsequently died on 4 June 2007.

Source: Brisbane Times

Six white lions join National Zoo


A group of rare white lions has become the newest addition at the National Zoo and Aquarium in Canberra.

The five brothers from the one litter and an older half-brother were bred at Mogo Zoo on the south coast.

Zoo staff have named the adolescent brothers the brat pack.

Source: ABC.net.au 20 Dec 2008

Fourth Litter of White Lion Cubs for Mogo Zoo




Born on 22 January 2008 four cubs (2 male, 2 female) are named Lika, Apple, Tahba and Makulu.


These cubs are destined for the United Kingdom.

White Lion Cubs born at Belgrade Zoo



9th Dec 2008 saw the birth of two white lion cubs at Belgrade Zoo. Mother is Masa, a white lioness and father is a regular-colour lion.

Five male cubs born


7th Feb saw five male white lion cub born at Mogo Zoo to Magigwana (Tim) and Snow (Jubulani).

Photo: Herald Sun

White Lion Cubs born at Mogo Zoo


On 15 July, 2006 Nkungwe (Bella) gave birth to cubs Purr (f) and Joe (m).
Photo: The Canberra Times

First White Lions at Mogo


On 4 October 2004 (World Animal Day) Mogo Zoo released from quarantine its white lion cubs - the only Zoo in Australia to exhibit white lions. They were bought over from Johannesburg Zoo as part of an international breeding program. They are Magigwana (Tim) (m) - name means Great Lion Warrior, Nkungwe (Bella) (f) - name means Mist and Jubulani (Snow) (f) - name means Happiness.


Photo: Mogo Zoo