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Quadruplets of Barbary lion cubs rest in their enclosure with their mother. The four Barbary lion cubs were born in January ...
This is the oldest skull of a Barbary lion found in the UK. The lion was part of the royal zoo in the Tower of London 700 years ago. Workmen digging in the old moat around the Tower of London in 1937 ...
People were intrigued, and so was I, so I dug into the back-story of how the lion ended up there. The photo, taken in 2005, depicts a then-2-year-old baby Barbary lion named Samson. Barbary lions ...
The lion was bred in Mr. Atkins's menagerie from a Barbary lion and a Senegal lioness. The tigress was born in the Marquis of Hastings's collection in Calcutta, and was purchased when about ...
The first known coat of arms featured lions in a rampant pose or rearing up. It was given to Geoffrey of Anjou, father of King Henry II of England when he was knighted in 1128. Barbary Lions were ...