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Assam state zoo welcomes Simba, Sultan and his sister amid COVID-19 pandemic

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Guwahati: Assam State Zoo-cum-Botanical Garden in Guwahati has welcomed a lion and two tiger cubs that were born a week apart in May amid the nationwide lockdown restrictions, which were enforced from March 25 to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak.

The news has been made public only now after the new-borns were found to be in good spirits.

The lion cub, a male, was born in early May and the two tiger cubs, a male, and a female, were born a week later.

Parimal Suklabaidya, Assam Minister of Forest & Environment and Fisheries shared this information through his official twitter handle. He stated, “Glad to share with you all that our lioness and tigress have given birth to one lion cub and two tiger cubs at @assamzoo during the lockdown period”,

The minister also added that the Zoo family has named the lion cub as ‘Simba’ after the popular protagonist from the Disney blockbuster ‘The Lion King.’

Though the zoo is a big attraction among the public in Guwahati and others across the north-east, it has been closed since March due to the viral outbreak.

There is no immediate plan to reopen the zoo anytime soon, despite the fact that lockdown restrictions have been largely eased across the most-populous and Covid-19 worst-hit state in the north-east.

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