{"id":255435,"date":"2025-10-27T22:50:19","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T22:50:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/255435\/"},"modified":"2025-10-27T22:50:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T22:50:19","slug":"discover-cougar-mountains-adorable-lion-cubs-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/255435\/","title":{"rendered":"Discover cougar Mountain&#8217;s adorable lion cubs today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"135\" data-end=\"318\">Cougar Mountain Zoo has a brand-new pride! Three African lion cubs, two females and one male, have recently arrived from Tanganyika Wildlife Park, and they\u2019re already stealing hearts.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"320\" data-end=\"575\">At just two months old, the playful trio is full of curiosity, mischief, and personality, delighting visitors and zoo fans alike. The zoo shared their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">first glimpses on social media<\/a>, and it\u2019s clear these little lions are ready to explore their new home.<\/p>\n<p>Cougar Mountain Zoo\u2019s lion cubs are stealing hearts<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"577\" data-end=\"835\">The cubs were hand-reared to give them the best start in life, ensuring proper nutrition, survival, and long-term well-being. Their care is a team effort between experts at both accredited facilities, showing how collaboration helps nurture young wildlife.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"837\" data-end=\"1157\">African lions, one of the world\u2019s most iconic animals, have faced steep population declines\u2014more than 40% in recent decades\u2014due to habitat loss and conflicts with humans. By welcoming these cubs, Cougar Mountain Zoo hopes to inspire visitors to take action to protect lions in the wild and the ecosystems they rely on.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1159\" data-end=\"1347\">Visitors can meet the cubs in their nursery from Wednesday through Sunday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., and watch these little bundles of fur grow into the kings and queens of Cougar Mountain Zoo.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/http:\/\/twitter.com\/Mynorthwest\" data-show-count=\"false\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Follow @http:\/\/twitter.com\/Mynorthwest<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mynorthwest.com\/newsletters\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/MyNWBreakingNewsEmail-300X250.jpg\" style=\"margin: 0 auto;\" class=\"mobile-signup\"\/>\t&#13;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/MyNWBreakingNewsEmail-830x100-1.jpg\" style=\"margin: 0 auto;\" class=\"desktop-signup\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cougar Mountain Zoo has a brand-new pride! Three African lion cubs, two females and one male, have recently&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":255436,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[2976,2989,2985,79,99,2988,2987,2986,201],"class_list":["post-255435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-home","tag-mynorthwest-com","tag-mynorthwest-com-seattle-news","tag-science","tag-sports","tag-talk-and-community","tag-traffic","tag-weather","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=255435"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255435\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/255436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=255435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=255435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=255435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}