He is the cat’s paw-jamas.
A zoo in Texas welcomed its first African lion cub in nine years, and he has “pounced and played” with his proud mother.
The Fort Worth Zoo is opening its hearts to bouncing baby boy Moja, born to first-time mother Saba and father Jabulani on Oct. 20. 2023, the park announced this week.
The cub, whose nickname is pronounced “mow-jah” and means “one” in Swahili, weighed just 2.7 pounds at four days old but is now 16 pounds, the zoo said.
For now, Moja is out of public view, as zookeepers make sure she is strong enough to navigate her new environment.
“This little guy is learning the meaning of play and can usually be found pouncing and playing with mom. We are so excited about this little one and can’t wait for you to meet him soon!” Fort Worth Zoo wrote on Instagram.
Moja “is learning the meaning of play and can usually be found pouncing and playing with mom,” the zoo said. Facebook/Fort Worth Zoo
The Forth Worth Zoo welcomed Moja, an African lion, in October, its first cub since 2015. Facebook/Fort Worth Zoo
Her parents, Saba and Jabulani, were brought to the zoo in 2012, after being born in a South African wildlife facility.
Along with a third lion, Abagabe, the trio introduced a new line of lions to North America and helped change its gene pool, the zoo said.
African lions are considered a vulnerable population, so the baby’s birth is seen as a milestone in the conservation of the endangered mammal and progress in diversifying the nation’s African lion lineage, zoo officials told CBS Texas.
“The main threats to the African lion are human-wildlife conflict and natural prey decline, as well as habitat loss, climate change and wildlife trade,” explains the World Wildlife Fund on its website. “With approximately 23,000 African lions left in the wild, they are now officially classified as ‘vulnerable.'”
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