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Our Lion Rock enclosure has just finished being redeveloped. It houses our male African lion, Bailey. We have built a new behind the scenes area for our lion keepers to assist with the husbandry care for this amazing species. We also have installed a heated cave for those chilly days. There is a new interactive zone that our visitors can learn how our keepers look after our lions with an interactive screen.

Lions are the most sociable of all big cats, with only the male having a mane and females being the main hunters.

Lions are the largest mammalian predators in Africa; they hunt large prey such as Wildebeest, Zebra and Buffalo.

Learn more about our lions at the daily lion encounter.


Animals in Lion Rock

Fennec Fox (Vulpes zerda)
Mammals

Fennec Fox (Vulpes zerda)

Lion Rock

Area:
Northern Africa
Status:
Least concern
Quick Fact:

A fully grown fennec fox only weighs around 1kg and they are the smallest of all the foxes.

The fennec fox's unusually large ears, which can be up to 15cm long, are an adaptation to help them lose heat in the hot desert and to help locate their prey.

African Lion (Panthera leo)
Big Cats

African Lion (Panthera leo)

Lion Rock

Area:
Africa, southern Sahara to South Africa
Status:
Vulnerable and listed on Appendix II of CITES
Encounter:
15:30
Quick Fact:

The lion has been characterised as fearsome, courageous and majestic, the lion’s strength and ferocity has earned it the title of ‘King of the Beasts’ in many cultures.


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