India, July 11 -- New Delhi

An Asiatic lioness at the Delhi National Zoological Park (NZP) gave birth to three cubs on Monday, bringing the total number of lions in the zoo to nine, according to zoo officials, who detailed that the cubs appeared to be healthy as they were being fed by the lioness and that none of them had been abandoned.

The three births came a year after the lioness, Mahagauri, had given birth to five cubs, three of which had died.

"The cubs were born to the breeding pair Mahagauri (female) and Maheshwar (male), whose pairing has once again been successful this year. On April 27, 2025, Maheshwar and Mahagauri produced two healthy cubs-a male named Kartik and a female named Karni-both of whom are growing well. The repe...