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Cautiously, French zoo shows off rare lion cubs

By Washington Examiner
Published February 27, 2014 4:26pm ET
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Cautiously, French zoo shows off rare lion cubs
Asiatic lion Shiva, the mother of three cubs, looks out over her domain in the Besancon zoo, eastern France, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014. The Besancon zoo held off announcing the December 31 2013 births until this week, afraid the two females and a male might not survive. There are about 300 Asiatic lions in the wild, all in an Indian reserve, according to the WWF. It's one of the world's rarest species. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani) | Laurent Cipriani

BESANCON, France (AP) — Three Asiatic lion cubs are making their debut at a zoo in eastern France, raising slim hopes for one of the world’s rarest species.

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