Whenever something is questionable, you or Chlidonias come and give us a 100% fact. It's like you guys like to show off your knowledge (but that just shows off your age)
In 1977, the Rabat Zoo in Morocco sent some of what were believed at the time to be more or less pure "Barbary" lions. This lineage has died out and the zoo now keeps, along with the rest of the AZA, South African Lions (P. leo krugeri).
In 1977, the Rabat Zoo in Morocco sent some of what were believed at the time to be more or less pure "Barbary" lions. This lineage has died out and the zoo now keeps, along with the rest of the AZA, South African Lions (P. leo krugeri).
No zoos in the AZA claim to have them, but I have seen them at the Texas Zoo in Victoria, TX, the Austin Zoo, and the G.W. Memorial Wildlife Park. I think a place in Alabama claims theirs are as well.
No zoos in the AZA claim to have them, but I have seen them at the Texas Zoo in Victoria, TX, the Austin Zoo, and the G.W. Memorial Wildlife Park. I think a place in Alabama claims theirs are as well.
Zoologico de Madrid has barbary lions that are direct descendants of the Rabat zoo lions in Morroco. I remeber reading that the smithsonian barbary lions were also from Rabat.The wikipedia article on Barbary lion is a fine summary on the ongoing controversy about this feline. It seems the dispute continues.
