The first discoveries of white lions are recorded in 1970s, when they were observed by European hunters in the Greater Timbati Region. Unfortunately, after 12 years of constant male white lions hunting, these big cats became almost rare and, as a result, were removed from the area into nearest conservation facilities. Local zoologists and scientists from all over the world initiated breeding programs immediately. To date, the most significant achievements were performed by Global White Lion Protection Trust, founded in 2002 as non-profit organization.<\/p>\n

According to Global White Lion Protection Trust, there are nearly 300 white lion individuals around the world, which live either in African Reserves or in Zoos worldwide. Most of the stuff, including scientists and reserves\u2019 personnel, is engaged in enlargement of white lions\u2019 population. As one could guess, phenomenal body paint cannot but draw an attention of zoologists and genetics. Specifically, white lions might be observed in Philadelphia Zoo, Karachi Zoo, Stukenbrock Zoo in Germany, Taiping Zoo in Malaisisa, Jurques Zoo in Franceas, West Midland Safari Park in the UK, as well as in special reserves in Canada, China, Japan and Russia. White lions also might be met in Sanbona Wildlife Reserve in South Africa, where monitoring and breeding programs are conducted. In Sanbona white lions have absolute freedom from poachers, staying the same wild animals. To date, white lions are recognized as vulnerable species regardless small population.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today we are lucky enough to have a guest post by a fantastic writer and animal lover, Maria Kruk, an author for Species.com. I highly recommend you check out her website and explore all of the amazing wildlife information she has over there. The White Lion Up to the end of the 20th century white lions remained as some kind of myth. The first mentioning about these animals appeared nearly 400 years ago in Timbavati area, which nowadays appears to be the place of white lions\u2019 origin, on the western part of Kruger National Park in Africa. It was the <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7429,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[60],"tags":[3350,1701,474,3349],"yoast_head":"\n