White Lioness At The Big Cat Sanctuary Stock Photography

The white lion is a rare color mutation of the lion. White lions in the area of Timbavati were thought to have been indigenous to the Timbavati region of South Africa for centuries, although the earliest recorded sighting in this region was in 1938. Regarded as divine by locals, white lions first came to public attention in the 1970s, in Chris McBride`s book The White Lions of Timbavati