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Picture purr-fect lion cub triplets become wildlife park’s mane attraction

The ten-week-old cubs are picture purr-fect!

Carri-Ann Taylor

Published: 1:07, 6 Aug 2016
Updated: 11:13, 7 Aug 2016

THESE lion cubs are basking in glory — they are the first triplets to be born at a conservation centre.

Cute Kali, Sita, and Sonika are now ten weeks old.

Endangered Asiatic Lions At Cotswold Wildlife Park — Adorable Kali, Sita and Sonika are the first triplets ever to be born at the Costwold Wildlife Park in Oxfordshire since it first openedCredit: Barcroft Media

Endangered Asiatic Lions At Cotswold Wildlife Park — The three siblings snuggle up basking in their cute glory, having achieved a historic feat just by being bornCredit: Barcroft Media

Endangered Asiatic Lions At Cotswold Wildlife Park — One of the cubs cuddles up to mum Kana, 5Credit: Barcroft Media

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The adorable cubs are the only trio to arrive at the Cotswold Wildlife Park in Burford, Oxfordshire, in its 46-year history.

Their parents, Rana and lioness Kana, are both five years old.

But it might be their offspring who turn out to be the mane attraction.

Endangered Asiatic Lions At Cotswold Wildlife Park — Kana is very protective of her cute young cubsCredit: Barcroft Media

She bares her impressive teeth in a large yawn — She bares her impressive teeth in a large yawnCredit: Barcroft Media

Endangered Asiatic Lions At Cotswold Wildlife Park — The three purr-fect lion cubs cosy up togetherCredit: Barcroft Media

Endangered Asiatic Lions At Cotswold Wildlife Park — Will they steal the spotlight from other animals and become the park's mane attraction?Credit: Barcroft Media

The three cubs are Asiatic lions, a small subspecies of lion living in western India.

They are part of an endangered species, with just 523 Asiatic lions living in the wild as of 2015.

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