White lions
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WHITE LIONS: KING OF KINGS
More elusive than the African leopard, rarer than the legendary Snow Leopard of the Himalayas, and as white as the polar bear of Alaska, rumours of the existence of pureWhite Lions have lived in the African Oral Tradition for centuries. But there is only one place on earth were they have materialised: the Timbavati region, bordering the Kruger National Park of SouthAfrica.
Prized for their rarity, the White Lions were artificially removed from their natural habitat into captive breeding/hunting programs in South Africa, and sent to zoos and circuses aroundthe globe, most famously Siegfried and Roy's magic act in Las Vegas.
Tragically, all White Lions today are in captivity. After their forced removals from their sacred homelands, they have beenextinct in the wild for over 12 years.
To the African elders, who are used to looking for spiritual signs in nature, the White Lions' arrival was the fulfilment of ancient prophecy that identified thesemajestic creatures as "angelic messengers from God". Identified as a sacred site by African Kings for many hundreds of years, the name "Tsimba-vaati" in the ancient Shangaan language means "the placewhere star-lions came down from the heavens". Born to the golden lion prides that roam the vast Timbavati region, the African elders explained their mysterious white colour in spiritual terms,meaning "purity and enlightenment", beyond all racial connotations. The White Lions are considered to represent pure sunlight, all the colours of the spectrum in one - beyond colour, creed, race or gender.The White Lions are a magnificent icon for South Africa's rainbow nation, and a unifying symbol across world cultures.
After studying the ancient knowledge of the White Lions with African eldersfrom all cultures for over ten years, author and conservationist, Linda Tucker, founded the Global White Lion Protection Trust in 2002. The mission of the Trust is two-fold: firstly, to protect the...
More elusive than the African leopard, rarer than the legendary Snow Leopard of the Himalayas, and as white as the polar bear of Alaska, rumours of the existence of pureWhite Lions have lived in the African Oral Tradition for centuries. But there is only one place on earth were they have materialised: the Timbavati region, bordering the Kruger National Park of SouthAfrica.
Prized for their rarity, the White Lions were artificially removed from their natural habitat into captive breeding/hunting programs in South Africa, and sent to zoos and circuses aroundthe globe, most famously Siegfried and Roy's magic act in Las Vegas.
Tragically, all White Lions today are in captivity. After their forced removals from their sacred homelands, they have beenextinct in the wild for over 12 years.
To the African elders, who are used to looking for spiritual signs in nature, the White Lions' arrival was the fulfilment of ancient prophecy that identified thesemajestic creatures as "angelic messengers from God". Identified as a sacred site by African Kings for many hundreds of years, the name "Tsimba-vaati" in the ancient Shangaan language means "the placewhere star-lions came down from the heavens". Born to the golden lion prides that roam the vast Timbavati region, the African elders explained their mysterious white colour in spiritual terms,meaning "purity and enlightenment", beyond all racial connotations. The White Lions are considered to represent pure sunlight, all the colours of the spectrum in one - beyond colour, creed, race or gender.The White Lions are a magnificent icon for South Africa's rainbow nation, and a unifying symbol across world cultures.
After studying the ancient knowledge of the White Lions with African eldersfrom all cultures for over ten years, author and conservationist, Linda Tucker, founded the Global White Lion Protection Trust in 2002. The mission of the Trust is two-fold: firstly, to protect the...
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