Mohammed Ahmednoor, the manager of the Ishaqbini Hirola Community Conservancy in northeastern Kenya, where the giraffes lived, said that rangers had confirmed their deaths and that there were photographs of the skeletal remains.Ĭonservationists estimated from the state of the carcasses that the animals had been killed four months ago. The dead female giraffe gave birth to two calf’s, that’s a miracle that there is one remaining white giraffe alive – a lone male, born by the same slaughtered female, the conservancy said. The bodies of the two giraffes were found “in a skeletal state after being killed by armed poachers” in Garissa in eastern Kenya, the Ishaqbini Hirola Community Conservancy said in a statement. Their alabaster colour is caused not by albinism but a condition known as leucism, which means they continue to produce dark pigment in their soft tissue, giving them dark eyes. Kenya’s only female white giraffe and its 7-months-old calf have been killed by poachers in Kenya, this rare animals are found nowhere else in the world. Visitors are expected to see these adorable cubs on December 26 Photos posted by the Chinese Zoo show the cubs playing with each other, eating and posing for the camera like real models. It was announced that all four toddlers were boys. These extremely rare and adorable white lion cubs were born on November 6 at a forest safari park in Jiangsu, eastern China. These white lion cubs were born at Nantong Forest Safari Park in Jiangsu, China on November 6 About a month ago, four snow-white lion cubs were born at the Chinese zoo, and as soon as the zoo published a few photos of the cuties, the hearts of people around the world melted like ice cream in the sun. These animals are not albinos - the white lion owes its unique coat to leucism, due to which the animal's coat loses some of the pigment, while the color of the eyes and nose remains normal, without acquiring a pinkish tint.Ĭurrently, only about 13 white lions live in the wild, and about 100 individuals live in captivity. However, the only threat that they face is uncontrolled hunting and trading.įor this reason, most white lions are bred and born in zoos all over the world in places such as the United Kingdom, Serbia, Canada, and the United States.The majestic white lion is considered extremely rare due to the fact that it gets its color due to a genetic mutation that occurs infrequently.
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After they reach an adult stage, many white lions are set free to their natural habitat to survive on their own. It is good to note that the white lions' color has no adverse effect on the lion's chances of survival. Their color ranges from blonde or purely white. Technically, white lions are leucistic, meaning they have a rare gene mutation that makes them have fewer pigments and melanin. However, most people mistake white lions for albinos. The natural habitat of a white lion includes savannas, woodlands, and desert areas. BoyAnupong / Getty Images Habitat and Distribution. Either way, her growl was too endearing for words, and some watchers teasingly compared the roar to the baa of a lamb. The white lion is a result of a genetic condition is known as leucism, a rarity where a recessive mutation in the gene causes the lion’s coat to vary from near-white to blonde. High chances are that she was calling out for her mother all she was trying to say that she was ravening. However, the little one was yet to nail the decorative art of roaring, but she got the hang of it in the previous year. The little animal was captured trekking around her room, trying to make her best roar, although it sounded like a meow! In the video, she looks as if she is curious, investigating, and roaming around her area, repeatedly roaring, testing her vocal cords. When they are just toddlers, cubs tend to be relatively robust and dangerous, but they are remarkably cute. However, lion cubs, on the other hand, are a different matter.
No one wants to come face to face with an adult lion, especially when it is hungry.