A zoo in the coastal city of Yalta, Ukraine, is celebrating the birth of five stunning white cubs 
that have been born in two separate incidents but brought together at the zoo to be reared. These are among the rarest lions, all because of a recessive gene that gives them their unique pure white colour, that exist in the world.
White lions are not albinos. Like blue eyes in humans, the animals' white colour is caused by
a recessive gene shared by both parents. Alexander Dyakov, Yalta Zoo's vet told the International Business Times: “That is, it's a great rarity for Ukraine, for Europe, for the whole world, white lions are a real rarity. And we have two female lion cubs, absolutely healthy, absolutely strong. We wait for them to grow up and be exhibited.”
White lions are native to only the Greater Timbavati region of South Africa, an area
characterised by white sandy riverbeds and long grass scorched pale by the sun. They are regarded as sacred animals by the people of that region, but after Europeans 'discovered' them in the 1970s, many were taken from the wild to captive breeding and hunting operations, according to the Global White Lion Protection Trust.
These white lions are now technically extinct as there are only three hundred present in total but they are capable of successfully hunting during day and night their prey as large as Giraffes.
that have been born in two separate incidents but brought together at the zoo to be reared. These are among the rarest lions, all because of a recessive gene that gives them their unique pure white colour, that exist in the world.
White lions are not albinos. Like blue eyes in humans, the animals' white colour is caused by
a recessive gene shared by both parents. Alexander Dyakov, Yalta Zoo's vet told the International Business Times: “That is, it's a great rarity for Ukraine, for Europe, for the whole world, white lions are a real rarity. And we have two female lion cubs, absolutely healthy, absolutely strong. We wait for them to grow up and be exhibited.”
White lions are native to only the Greater Timbavati region of South Africa, an area
characterised by white sandy riverbeds and long grass scorched pale by the sun. They are regarded as sacred animals by the people of that region, but after Europeans 'discovered' them in the 1970s, many were taken from the wild to captive breeding and hunting operations, according to the Global White Lion Protection Trust.
These white lions are now technically extinct as there are only three hundred present in total but they are capable of successfully hunting during day and night their prey as large as Giraffes.
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