The Dvůr Králové Safari Park in the Czech Republic recently introduced 4 rare Barbary lion cubs, born at the zoo in January 2025, to the public and shared that it plans to reintroduce the extinct subspecies back into the wild.

The Barbary lion once roamed freely its native northern Africa, but is currently extinct in the wild. A zoo in the Czech Republic is hoping to eventually reintroduce the breed to the wild.

Four Barbary lion cubs were born recently in a Czech zoo, a vital contribution for a small surviving population of the rare lion that is extinct in the wild.