Port Lympne Reserve welcomes new lion cubs

If you're taking the family to a Kent wildlife park this month - you'll meet another new young family in the reserve.

Adorable footage of three one-month-old lion siblings play fighting has been released by Port Lympne Reserve.

The young cubs were born in May to male Adras and proud lioness Oudrika and are the first to be born at the popular animal park, near Hythe, in over 10 years.

Port Lympne, which is offering a buy-one-get-one free ticket deal alongside its sister park Howletts until the end of the month, says its delighted with the trio's progress.

Richard Barnes, animal manager and head of large carnivore section said: "The cubs are getting boisterous now, they’re in great shape and are clearly enjoying playfighting with each other.

"Their antics are very appealing, but it won’t be long before their driving their parents to distraction."

Some lucky visitors to the park have already spotted the youngsters.

But if you aren't able to visit the reserve Port Lympne has now set up Cub Cam, enabling fans to keep up to date with their progress.

And a compilation of the highlights from the Cub Cam video has also been put together on the park's Youtube page.

The team at Port Lympne, which sits on 600 acres and has a South American, Asian and African safari experience, say the cubs have yet to be named.

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