White lions were first spotted on a game reserve near the Kruger national park in South Africa. They are good for raising funds, not just for our business but to do the conservation work we do." Lynn Whitnall, director of Paradise wildlife park and a member of the family that own both parks, said: "The white lions are extremely well looked after." She added: "They are good as ambassadors.
They continue to inbreed them and they allow petting which is unethical." The European Association of Zoos & Aquariums is currently investigating the matter. They are bringing these animals from someone associated with canned lion hunting. "It is an unethical process from so many different angles. "It is a scandal," said Pieter Kat, founder of LionAid. Paradise wildlife park initially charged £999 to cuddle its latest cub before amending its offer to £250.
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But two British wildlife parks have been accused of unethical practices for breeding white lions taken from a farm linked to "canned hunting" in South Africa and allowing cubs to be petted for £250 a time.ĭespite zoo associations in Europe and America ordering zoos not to breed white lions because they are already inbred and suffer severe health problems, Paradise wildlife park in Hertfordshire and its sister zoo, the Wildlife Heritage Foundation in Kent produced five white cubs in 2013. They are a rare and beautiful variant of an ordinary lion, a big cat with a recessive gene that gives it striking white fur.
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