The Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium has announced their newest edition, a lion cub!
The zoo has announced the birth of a female African lion cub to mother Scarlett and father, Hondo. Both parents are 9-years-old.
The female cub was born on April 5.
Hondo came to the Pittsburgh Zoo less than a year ago and is the first cub for both parents.
“The cub is doing great and exceeding milestones,” says Assistant Curator of Mammals Karen Vacco. “Scarlett is an excellent mother and has been caring for the cub well. Animal care staff are carefully monitoring healthy nursing patterns and normal maternal behavior.”
While the Zoo is celebrating the arriving of the cub, she is still out of public view, in a maternity den, until she is able to see visitors.
The Zoo estimates that will most likely be in sometime in late summer.
This is the first lion birth at the zoo since three cubs were born to mother Abana nearly six years ago.
