They are definitely not ugly, it's a beautiful photo. However, they are highly inbred and the AZA does oppose breeding both white lions and white tigers. I believe Cincinnati has not bred since the one litter, right? The subspecies name is P.l. krugeri, although that is probably no longer valid. Most taxonomists now agree there are only two subspecies: african (P.l. leo) and asiatic (P.l. persica). Possibly a third with barbary (or north african) lion, extinct in the wild, but bred in european zoos.
