For Lion Cubs Who Lost Mom, Care Is Intensive
From Staff and Wire Reports
Keepers at the San Francisco Zoo said Wednesday that they are working around the clock to care for two tiny lion cubs whose mother died this month.
The male and female cubs, born Feb. 7 and still unnamed, are at a critical stage of life but progressing, zoo officials said. The cubs are being bottle-fed every three hours and weigh 5 pounds each.
Their mother was Kita, a 5-year-old lion who died Feb. 10 of complications from giving birth. Kita bore four cubs, but two died.
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