It was a funny scene as father lion was seen struggling to take care of 5 unruly cubs while their mother recovers from being attacked by another lioness.
Among the large cats, only African lions lives with lioness and also raises a very strong family usually called "the lion pride". Most often the lioness do most of the hunting and also take care of the newly born cubs, while the giants male only protects the pride. But in this case, a mother lioness of 5 cubs was injured by another lioness, and was taken away for treatment, while the 5 newly born cubs was left with their father to look after.
A wild life photographer Linda Smith who took the photos at the Pakawi Park Zoo in Belgium told My News, " the lion was struggling to take care of the cubs at the time she was taken the photos". Linda explained, the mother lion was attacked by another lioness. She had severe injuries and had to be separated from her cubs for a few weeks to heal. So dad had to take care of them. He was trying to lift them, like the mother would do, to carry them to what he probably thought was a safer place. But as a male, he didn't have the skills or experience to properly lift them.
Although he was very gentle with the cubs, they screamed every time he came near and tried to move them. Despite all the unruly attitudes of the cubs, the father lion tried his best to be a good father to the little cubs untill their mother was returned to them.The cubs were seen jumping all over their mother immediately they sighted her in the park.
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