Asiatic Lion

Royal snarling at one of the lionesses.

I that not an unusually big mane for an Asiatic lion?

BTW:
I just watched a documentary on tv, claiming that the manes of the male lions in the very hottest parts of Africa are getting smaller and smaller as an adjustment to the hot climate...

It is big, very dark too. Odd, but I very much doubt he's a hybrid.

Does anyone know what happened to Royal after he left Edinburgh?