White lion cubs in Mexico
A pair of four-month-old white lion cubs inside their enclosure at the Altiplano Zoo in Tlaxcala, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2018. The Zoo, about two hours east of Mexico City, has welcomed the two white lion cubs born in March and recently presented to the public.
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A pair of four-month-old white lion cubs play in their enclosure at the Altiplano Zoo in Tlaxcala, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2018. The zoo is holding a naming contest for them and the zoo's director Cesar Toriz hopes that in a few years they can find them mates.
Rebecca Blackwell Associated Press
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A pair of four-month-old white lion cubs play together in their enclosure at the Altiplano Zoo in Tlaxcala, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2018. The Zoo, about two hours east of Mexico City, has welcomed the two white lion cubs born in March and recently presented to the public.
Rebecca Blackwell Associated Press
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Veterinarian Rodrigo Gutierrez Zecua attempts to get his straw hat back from one of a pair of four-month-old white lion cubs, who was playfully chewing on it, inside the cubs' enclosure at the Altiplano Zoo in Tlaxcala, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2018. The zoo, about two hours east of Mexico City, has welcomed the two white lion cubs born in March and recently presented to the public.
Rebecca Blackwell Associated Press
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One of a pair of four-month-old white lion cubs rests inside the cubs' enclosure at the Altiplano Zoo in Tlaxcala, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2018. The zoo's director Cesar Toriz says the cubs are gaining weight, now about 44 pounds and 23 inches long and eat chicken and milk.
Rebecca Blackwell Associated Press
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One of a pair of four-month-old white lion cubs runs to veterinarian Rodrigo Gutierrez Zecua as he prepares to move them from the cage where they spend the night to the enclosure where they are visible to the public during visiting hours, at the Altiplano Zoo in Tlaxcala, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2018. The zoo hopes to eventually establish a sanctuary featuring the animals.
Rebecca Blackwell Associated Press
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A pair of four-month-old white lion cubs play inside their enclosure at the Altiplano Zoo in Tlaxcala, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2018. The zoo is holding a naming contest for them and the zoo's director Cesar Toriz hopes that in a few years they can find them mates.
Rebecca Blackwell Associated Press
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Children react as they watch a pair of four-month-old white lion cubs playing inside their enclosure at the Altiplano Zoo in Tlaxcala, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2018. The zoo is holding a naming contest for the cubs.
Rebecca Blackwell Associated Press
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One of a pair of four-month-old white lion cubs chew on the straw hat of veterinarian Rodrigo Gutierrez Zecua as they play inside the cubs' enclosure at the Altiplano Zoo in Tlaxcala, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2018. The zoo's director Cesar Toriz says the cubs are gaining weight, now about 44 pounds and 23 inches long and eat chicken and milk.
Rebecca Blackwell Associated Press
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One of a pair of four-month-old white lion cubs bites the pants of veterinarian Rodrigo Gutierrez Zecua as the cubs play inside their enclosure at the Altiplano Zoo in Tlaxcala, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2018. White lions are a rarity unique to an endemic region in South Africa.
Rebecca Blackwell Associated Press
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One of a pair of four-month-old white lion cubs snarls as they play together in their enclosure at the Altiplano Zoo in Tlaxcala, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2018. Cesar Toriz, the zoo's director, says the cubs' mother rejected them so they had to be bottle fed formula for their first couple months.
Rebecca Blackwell Associated Press
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A girl locks eyes with one of a pair of four-month-old white lion cubs, through a fenced entrance gate to the cubs' enclosure at the Altiplano Zoo in Tlaxcala, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2018. White lions are a rarity unique to an endemic region in South Africa.
Rebecca Blackwell Associated Press
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A pair of four-month-old white lion cubs lick the leg of a camera tripod during a visit by Associated Press journalists, inside their enclosure at the Altiplano Zoo in Tlaxcala, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2018. The Zoo, about two hours east of Mexico City, has welcomed the two white lion cubs born in March and recently presented to the public.
Rebecca Blackwell Associated Press