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| - A Must see!! It is located in Henderson 12 miles from the Las Vegas Strip, it has 46 lions and couples of emus, ostriches, parrots and tiger cub. General admission is $20, last Sunday of the month local gets 15%off. They have trainer for a day $800 base price, and other admissions/event choices. Price goes up to $25 for GA next year so get there now! :)
I love how close you get to the lion some 4-5 feet away, these lions are huge I didn't realized as when I see them in Zoos they are far away. As you walk around the area, you'll learn fun and fascinating facts. I was taking a video of the lion and heard the lion handler yelled 'look out! Look out! The male lions spray urine upto 15 feet, we ran ..that was funny; female lions do all the hunting, as well as share in the newborn's care, African lions eat together and they can sleep up to 20 hours a day and more.
One of the lion is 18 years in captivity but in jungle upto 10yrs.
I also found out that these lions look so well-groomed all the time, they do get a little bit of help. To make sure the lions look their best, the trainers shampoo their fur with baby shampoo, followed by a blow-dry treatment.Talk about being the "mane" attraction!
We were lucky today, we saw the trainers hand-feeding the lions and giving them balls for some playtime. We saw a 11 weeks old cub so cute! They will also do a $30 to hold the Cubs. I wanted to do that!
These are the lions that used to be at the MGM Grand. They used to transport them everyday from here to MGM but hotel decided they no longer needed them, so they are now live permanently here. I was sad for these lions at first but learned these cages are bigger than the city allowed, in the summer they have an AC enclosed area where they can go inside, they are wells feed and taken care of. The place was well maintained as it looked very clean. The staff were very knowledgeable.
The costs of keeping these magnificent creatures is enormous, so it was a nice surprise to find that it didn't charge extortionate prices. Evans and his wife own this place and the passion they have is seen by their interaction of the cub.
Dont expect a big place like a zoo, this is a habitat and they are going to bring in more animals to make it a zoo. Take a visit here, something different to experience. I fell in love with this place and the lions!!
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