Cheers for cute white lion cub at Okinawa Zoo
A white lion cub from the Tohoku Safari Park in Fukushima joined the Okinawa Zoo and Museum in Okinawa City on March 26.
March 27, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
On March 26, at the Okinawa Zoo and Museum in Goya, Okinawa City, a welcome ceremony for a male white lion cub from the Tohoku Safari Park in Fukushima was held.
White lions are rare and can only be seen in eight zoos in the country. Many parents and children visited the zoo to see the cub.
When the cub appeared, the crowd cheered, saying, “Cute!” “It looks like a cat.”
The cub, only four months old, occasionally let out a little cry, and marched on a red carpet in a majestic manner, accompanied by Okinawa City Mayor Sachio Kuwae.
At the welcome ceremony, a lottery was held and the winners got to take part in a commemorative photo event with the white lion cub. The winners of the lottery enjoyed taking photos with the baby “King of Beasts”.
Nobushige Kumakubo, president of the Tohoku Safari Park, said, “We expect that this white lion will become an idol of Okinawa.”
Kumakubo handed a lead rope for the cub to the mayor.
The name of the cub will be decided by the public some time after April.
(English translation by T&CT)
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