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Zoo staff bottle feed lion cubs after mother rejects them
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(12 Feb 2013) • AP TELEVISION • 1. Director of Tbilisi zoo, Zurab Gurielidze, picking up one of the new born lion cubs • 2. Close of newborn lion cub mewling • 3. Lion specialist bottle-feeding the lion cub • 4. Close of lion cub being bottle fed • 5. Close of new born lion cub mewling • 6. Cutaway of milk bottle • 7. Close of two lion cubs playing • 8. Gurielidze petting the mother of the cubs, lioness Noa, through bars of cage • 9. Close of Gurielidze scratching under Noa's chin • 10. Father of the cubs, Simba, eating meat • 11. SOUNDBITE (Georgian) Zurab Gurielidze, director of Tbilisi Zoo: ++AUDIO AS INCOMING++ • Three days ago, on Saturday, three lion cubs were born in Tbilisi zoo from South African lions. Unfortunately, one died and only two survived. But such things happen in zoos and in nature too. The bad thing is that the mother was not taking good care of her cubs, so we were forced to separate the cubs from their mother and now we are hand-rearing them. • 12. Women and child watching animals • 13. Wide of enclosures at Tbilisi zoo • STORYLINE: • Two African lion cubs born at Tbilisi zoo last week are being hand-reared after their mother rejected them. • Specialists at the zoo are bottle-feeding milk to the pair at two-hourly intervals, and keeping a close eye on their progress. • The director of Tbilisi zoo, Zurab Gurielidze, said the cubs' mother, Nala, was not taking good care of her offspring, forcing zoo workers to separate the animals. • Gurielidze said three cubs were born to Nala, and male lion Simba last Saturday, but only two cubs survived. • Such things happen in zoos and in nature too, he said. • The cubs are yet to be named, as zoo keepers are waiting to be inspired when the young animals start to show individual character traits. • This is the second litter born to the African lions in the past year. • Seven months ago, Simba and Nala gave birth to another pair of cubs. • • • Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork • Twitter: / ap_archive • Facebook: / aparchives • Instagram: / apnews • • • You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...
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