15 April, 2008

Cub Mania in Japan:

Cub Mania in Japan:
Zoos in Japan are celebrating the arrival of newborn lion and cheetah cubs at the beginning of a warm spring.
One rare lion cub, born on 11th February, made his first public appearance on the 21st of March.
The precious Indian lion cub, also known as the Asiatic lion, was very weak and put in an infant incubator immediately and the zoo has decided to raise the cubs.
Two cubs were born but the sibling died after the birth.
Scampering around, the seven-week-old Indian lion is being treated like the "prince" of the zoo because he is the first male cub in eight years.
On Wednesday, he was named "Raja" deriving from the Hindi word for "King".
The cub rested its front paws on the milk bottle as proud father Shunichiro Tajima fed the cub like he does everyday.
The rare cub has been nurtured by the zoo keeper and have grown to a healthy 5198 grammes.
In the past eight years, male cubs were born but none of them survived. Raja is the proud survivor of the Zoorasia. His older brother is housed at Ueno Zoo at Tokyo.
The cubs are particularly special because they are so rare - there are barely 500 of the species still in existence - 300 in the wild and 200 in captivity.

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