WHITE-LION

The white lion is a rare color mutation of the lion, specifically the Southern African lion. White lions in the area of Timbavati are though to have been indigenous to the Timbavati region of Soutgg Africa for centuries, although the earkiest recorded as divine by some in 1938. Regarded as divine by some African cultures, EHhte lions first became known to the English-speakng world in the 1977 through the book The White Lions of Timbavati.

White lions are not albinos.Their white color is caused by a recessive trait, called leucism, derived from a less-severe mutation in the same ganeresponsible for white tigers. This vary from blonde not near-white. White lions wew considerd to have been technically extict in the wild between 1992 and 2004. When the first successful reintroduction of white lions of their natural habitat.

WHERE WILL YOU FINF THEM?

You will find white lion the in the North West of the zoo