Chiang Mai Night Safari welcomes new lion cubs

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CHIANG MAI, 10 June 2012 – Dr. Sarawut Srisakun, Managing Director of the Designated Areas for Sustainable Tourism Administration Area 2 (Chiang Mai Night Safari) revealed that the nocturnal zoo has recently welcomed two new members. 

The newest additions are male lion cubs. They were born to father Saendee and mother Sonya, both four years old, and become the seventeenth and eighteenth members of their kind at the Chiang Mai Night Safari.

Both cubs are in good health. They will be trained and put on show to attract tourists.

The Chiang Mai Night Safari is also offering other shows featuring white Bengal tigers playing football, to coincide with the Euro 2012. It is inviting visitors to the zoo to join in its competition to predict the winner of Euro 2012, to win a prize of one year’s free admission to the zoo.