British zoo welcomes first lion cubs in more than a decade - 'Special moment!'

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Blackpool Zoo is celebrating the birth of three African lion cubs, marking the first cub births at the centre in more than 10 years.Lioness Hira gave birth last Sunday (July 26) at the Lancashire attraction, with the last lion cub born at the zoo arriving in 2015.

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That cub was Khari, who has now become a father for the first time - with zoo staff noting the arrival is particularly special, given Khari's own history.

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Born to parents Rachel and Wallace, he was just six months old when his mother died on Christmas Eve.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say He continued to live alongside his father, forming what the zoo described as the UK's only father-and-son lion pairing, until Wallace died in 2022.Later that year, Khari temporarily moved to ZSL Whipsnade Zoo while work was completed on a new £1.5million Big Cat Habitat at Blackpool.The upgraded facility, which opened in 2023, provides larger outdoor paddocks, expanded indoor accommodation and improved keeper facilities.Following his return...

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