Multan lioness gives birth to five cubs

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MULTAN: It’s a baby boom for the owner of a pet lioness in Multan.

The African lioness named Rani has given birth to five healthy cubs. Lions normally have litters of two or three cubs.

Malik Fazal Abbas, the owner, said he has had 4-year-old Rani since she was two months old. The male lion Rani mated with is also kept by Mr Abbas at his home in Multan.

Mr Abbas, who is a cotton and mango grower, says he has a licence from the wildlife department to keep lions as pets.

Published in Dawn, March 27th, 2015

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Hashim Khan

Mar 27, 2015 09:12am

Keeping African lions in a private setup in a country like Pakistan and in a city like multan can't be such a good thing.

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Brisbane Boy

Mar 27, 2015 10:07am

Been to his 'Dera' a few times..... He is a nice man who loves animals and knows how to look after them. I spent my childhood (lived) so close to his Dera that we could often hear the Lions roaring in the evening - loud n clear. He's been keeping these 'King of the Jungle' and many other animals for a long time now. A very good step to save some of the beautiful and precious wild life on today's man-wild earth.

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salman

Mar 27, 2015 10:09am

cool.

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Altaf

Mar 27, 2015 10:11am

Beautiful nice cubs.

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Naveed

Mar 27, 2015 10:47am

Mashallah very good news. Pakistani land is really fertile.

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Haider Rehman

Mar 27, 2015 01:06pm

Seeing life amid death and uncertainty is refreshing.

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rashid

Mar 27, 2015 01:06pm

Please write more articles like this one. A very pleasing distraction from the blood and gore of the usual news.

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Syed Ganga Din

Mar 27, 2015 01:25pm

God bless her but she needs a lot more space to roam. This is very cruel to lock her up like that.

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Sana

Mar 27, 2015 02:26pm

Interesting!

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Arslan

Mar 27, 2015 02:43pm

@Hashim Khan whats wrong with Multan or Pakistan, care to elaborate?

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Baba G

Mar 27, 2015 02:47pm

Lovely sight.

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Qasim

Mar 27, 2015 03:35pm

WHat a lovely big cat , I love it , I wish a her great happy and healthy family with lot of happiness and joys in life , although in zoo life is like in prison , however now zoos are getting bigger in Pakistan

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white noise

Mar 27, 2015 03:38pm

An animal that has dominance written in his DNA can never be a pet, sooner of later, temptation wins.

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Iki

Mar 27, 2015 04:17pm

Its a good news but its inhumane to keep animals in confined spaces. Would you like if someone locks you up in a room or a house. Their place is in the wild, just for a bit of pleasure we lock them up, how selfish!

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Zak

Mar 27, 2015 04:56pm

This is crueltly towards animals, it should be released to the wild and the owner should serve jail term and high penalty.

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faryal

Mar 27, 2015 11:00pm

i really love cubs. is anyone who have, give them lots of love frm me. thanks and congratulations to the owner of these new little babies.

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KeyPoints

Mar 28, 2015 07:02am

Very good to see this picture of beautiful cubs. However, if dera is in a residential area, and a lion gets loose, wandering around house, injuring or killing people, who would be responsible. owner of the dera or the city of Multan? Who injured persons would be suing for any injury or loss of life?

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