Visakhapatnam, Sep 30 (PTI) Two Asiatic lion cubs have been born at the Indira Gandhi Zoological Park (IGZP) here as part of its ongoing breeding and conservation programme, the zoo said.

Curator G Mangamma said the cubs are under maternal care, and both the mother and her offspring are being monitored by a veterinary team.

“Indira Gandhi Zoological Park, Visakhapatnam, is continuing its breeding and conservation efforts and is delighted to announce the birth of two lion cubs,” Mangamma said in a press release on Tuesday. Show Full Article

She said the births are significant as the cubs belong to the Asiatic lion (Panthera leo persica), a species listed as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and under Schedule I of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972.

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