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Lions In Europe

Discussion in 'Europe - General' started by JoeDK14, 11 May 2018.

  1. JoeDK14

    JoeDK14 Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    what is the current set up to of lions within Europe and what subspecies they are. ( if a zoo has white lions please add a separate ratio)

    I know a few collections such as
    1:2:0 Asiatic-Chester
    4:8:0 African-Knowsley
    2:0:0 African-Blackpool
     
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    JoeDK14, 11 May 2018
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  2. Indlovu

    Indlovu Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    This, I suspect, may be too big a task - the number of zoos in Europe holding lions of any or no subspecies (and there is considerable debate over the purity of those subspecies) stands at somewhere between 350 and 400.
     
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  3. Rajang-GOAT

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    Does anyone know what is going on with lions at Colchester zoo at the moment as I know we have 1:1 left of trio of cousins that arrived around 2010 (Bailey, Malika, Naja) but I am not sure if when they die lions will be phased out to build a new enclosure as the current one is seen as not up to standard or if they even have any plans regarding lions.
     
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  4. Platypusboy

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    Helsinki zoos lions at this moment (all Asiatic)

    Kalyana, born 2010 Bristol zoo (0.1)
    Kyna, born 2014 Dublin zoo (0.1)
    Arya, born 2016 Fota wildlife park (0.1)
    Amira, born 2016 Fota wildlife park (0.1)

    Amira and Arya are actually Kalyanas grandkids
     
    Platypusboy, 14 Nov 2021
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