Four rare white lion cubs

Four rare white lion cubs, 10-month-old twin sisters Luna and Ilanga (top), 7-month-old Credo (C), and 10-month-old Bandhura (R) explore the fresh winter air for the first time ever at the Ouwehands Zoo in Rhenen February 11, 2011. The cubs arrived in Rhenen 10 weeks ago and are descendants of the white lions, which are only found in the Timbavati nature reserve in South Africa. The white lion is a Kruger lion with a colour gene mutation. The names Luna means Moon, Ilanga means Sun, Bandura means Beautiful and Credo is named after a South African shaman, Credo Mutwa, who also is known as the "Guardian of the White Lions", according to the Zoo.



Three rare white lion cubs look out from their enclosure at the Ouwehands Zoo in Rhenen February 11, 2011. Four rare white lion cubs arrived in Rhenen 10 weeks ago and are descendants of the white lions, which are only found in the Timbavati nature reserve in South Africa, according to the Zoo. The white lion is a Kruger lion with a colour gene mutation.




Four rare white lion cubs explore the fresh winter air for the first time ever at the Ouwehands Zoo in Rhenen February 11, 2011. The cubs arrived in Rhenen 10 weeks ago and are descendants of the white lions, which are only found in the Timbavati nature reserve in South Africa, according to the Zoo. The white lion is a Kruger lion with a colour gene mutation.



Three of four white lions that came outside for the first time after 10 weeks in quarantaine play in their section of the Ouwehands Zoo in Rhenen, the Netherlands, about 90 km southeast of Amsterdam, on February 11, 2011. The lions are descendants of the rare white lions in the Timbavati Game Reserve in South Africa. The male, Credo, is seven months old and the females, Ilanga, Bhandura and Luna, are ten months old.



Two rare white lion cubs play with each other at the Ouwehands Zoo in Rhenen February 11, 2011. The cubs arrived in Rhenen 10 weeks ago and are descendants of the white lions, which are only found in the Timbavati nature reserve in South Africa, according to the Zoo. The white lion is a Kruger lion with a colour gene mutation.




Four rare white lion cubs explore the fresh winter air for the first time ever at the Ouwehands Zoo in Rhenen February 11, 2011. Four rare white lion cubs arrived in Rhenen 10 weeks ago and are descendants of the white lions, which are only found in the Timbavati nature reserve in South Africa, according to the Zoo. The white lion is a Kruger lion with a colour gene mutation.


source: Daylife
photo: Reuters