Atlas Lions, known also as Barbary lions, roamed the Atlas Mountains in Morocco where they lived for centuries. But these wild species were also part of London’s very first zoo.

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Belfast Zoo is home to a pride of Barbary lions, with one male lion named Qays and two females, Fidda and Theibba. Its website said the breed is "one of the largest lion sub-species". "This big ...

Barbary lions, also referred to as Atlas lions, are the largest lion subspecies, known to populate large portions of North Africa. Zoo keepers noticed that Samson, who lived in the Hai-Kef zoo ...

This is the oldest skull of a Barbary lion found in the UK. The lion was part of the royal zoo in the Tower of London 700 years ago. Workmen digging in the old moat around the Tower of London in 1937 ...