4 rare white lion cubs born at Toronto Zoo

This week of big maternity news continues at theToronto Zoo, which announced today that four white lion cubs were born at the facilitylast weekend.

The zoo reports thatMakali,a four-year-oldfemale white lion,gave birth to fourcubs:two on Saturday and two on Sunday. The news comes days after the zoo announced its panda Er Shunis pregnant with twins.

Makali started showing signs of late pregnancy last Tuesdayand staff moved to an around-the-clockschedule to monitor her closely.

While all four cubs appear healthy and arefeeding well,the first 30 days will be critical for them, the zoo says.

Makali and her cubs are in a maternity area of the lion habitat in the African Savanna section of the zoo and are not viewable to the public. The zoo, however, has postedthis YouTube video showing Makali and her cubs.

This is the first litter of cubs forMakali and the father, Fintan.